Jerusalem. Its very name conjures up the stories of the past and the promise of the future.
Jerusalem. Where the ancient and the modern stand by in a centuries-old setting.
Jerusalem. Holy to three great religions.
Within a short taxi ride from either Hadassah campus, you can explore this historic, yet living city. Hadassah's International Patient Center can arrange touring opportunities, restaurant reservations, tickets for cultural events and trips to nearby sites for patients and their families.
Spend just one day in Jerusalem and you will realize that the legend is the reality. Here, the symbolic and the prosaic come together in a unique tapestry of sights, smells and sounds. The sky is colored with a golden glow that refracts off the stone buildings. Time and space come together and sometimes seem to stand still.
Jerusalem offers fine restaurants, a multiplicity of museums, history and culture, spirituality and shopping in open-air markets or elegant boutiques, parks and gardens, antiquities and modern art.
Outstanding Sites
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The Old City
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The Western (Wailing) Wall and Temple Mount
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The Via Dolorosa and Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosques
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The New City
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The Knesset and Supreme Court
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The Israel Museum and Dead Sea Scrolls
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Yad Vashem Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust
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According to National Geographic Traveler Magazine Jerusalem is among the 'Top Ten' urban spaces to visit and one of the 50 "greatest places of a lifetime."
The Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem is the home of the world-famous Chagall Windows, a stained glass artistic treasure depicting the twelve sons of Jacob in abstract designs.