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    Beit Ya'akov (Hebrew: בית יעקב, lit. 'House of Jacob') is a small neighborhood in Jerusalem, founded in 1877, the ninth Jewish neighborhood outside the...
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    El, with a higher elevation than Jerusalem, has cool nights in summer and occasional snow in winter. The Pisgat Ya'akov neighborhood (also named Jabel Artis)...
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    Hebrew writing of the word Jerusalem is dated to the sixth or seventh century BCE and was discovered in Khirbet Beit Lei near Beit Guvrin in 1961. The inscription...
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    East Jerusalem ( 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) ) and 28 villages and areas of the Bethlehem and Beit Jala municipalities 64 km2 (25 sq mi). East Jerusalem is the...
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    the executive director of Beit El yeshiva Center Institutions and Arutz Sheva. Ya'akov ("Ketzele") Katz was born in Jerusalem. He is a fifth-generation...
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    Beit Hanina (Arabic: بيت حنينا ,Hebrew: בית חנינא) is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers...
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    across Jerusalem after Palestinian teen found murdered". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 12, 2014. rioting ensued in the northern Shuafat and Beit Hanina...
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  • Thumbnail for Beit She'arim necropolis
    Beit She'arim Necropolis (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, "House of Gates") is an extensive rock-cut necropolis located near the ancient Jewish town of Beit...
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  • during the 1980s. Born in Jerusalem, Gil was educated at Beit Alpha, before studying social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A member of Hashomer...
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    Beit Jimal (or Beit Jamal; Hebrew: בית ג'מאל; Arabic: بيت جمال / الحكمة), Beit el Jemâl, meaning "The house of the camel" is a Catholic monastery run by...
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