During the 1948 war, the Jewish Quarter fought the Arab Legion as part of the battle for Jerusalem, and the Hurva synagogue was blown up by Arab legionnaires. On May 1948, the Jewish Quarter surrendered; some Jews were taken captive, and the rest were evacuated. A crowd then systemtically pillaged and razed the quarter.^[3]

After Israel captured East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, the quarter was earmarked for rehabilitation as a tourist destination and a residential neighborhood, and in the years that followed, a large-scale reconstruction and conservation project was undertaken.^[4] This project included archeological excavations, which uncovered many remains from the First and Second Temple periods, including the Israelite Tower, the Broad Wall, the Burnt House and the Herodian Quarter, along with remains from later periods, such as the Byzantine Cardo and the Nea Church.^[5]^[6]^[7]

As of 2013, the quarter is inhabited by around 3,000 residents and 1,500 students,^[8] and is home to numerous yeshivas and synagogues, most notably the Hurva Synagogue, destroyed numerous times and rededicated in 2010. The quarter is also the site of two historical mosques – the Sidna Omar Mosque and the Al Dissi Mosque – both of which have been closed since the Six-Day War.^[9]

– 8th-century BCE city wall segment

Broad Wall

– mansion of the Kathros/Qatros priestly family, burnt down in 70 CE

Burnt House

– ancient Byzantine street

Cardo

– Wohl Archaeological Museum with the palatial Herodian mansion, burnt down in 70 CE

Herodian Quarter

– Iron Age fortifications, later incorporated into the Hasmonean city walls

Israelite Tower

– remains of huge 6th-century Byzantine church

Nea Church

– remains of a 12th-century Crusader church

Church of Saint Mary of the Germans

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