History

Hebron: From Destruction to Renewal

Legendary spokesman Noam Arnon takes us through four sites of destruction and rebuilding in Hebron, Israel.


 



 


1. Tomb of the Patriarchs & Matriarchs – the 3,800-year-old burial site of the founders of the Jewish people. For details click here: http://en.hebron.org.il/history/669


 


2. Ancient Hebron cemetery – desecrated by the Jordanians, today restored For details click here: http://en.hebron.org.il/history/465


 


3. Avraham Avinu synagogue – built in 1540, destroyed during the Jordanian occupation and rebuilt as a Jewish spiritual center in 1980. For details click here: http://en.hebron.org.il/history/218


 


4. Beit Hadassah – The first medical clinic in Hebron, later a site of the 1929 anti-Jewish massacre and today a residential center and museum.


 


For details click here: http://en.hebron.org.il/history/217


 


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