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Article: Reinventing Jerusalem: Israel's Reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter After 1967.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- The Middle East
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- October 1, 2007
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REINVENTING JERUSALEM ISRAEL'S RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH QUARTER AFTER 1967 By Simone Ricca published by IB TAURIS ISBN 1 84511 387 2 price 45.00 [pounds sterling] hardback
The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem today seems like an organic fusion of a modern Israeli city with an ancient Jewish heritage. However, as this book details, the aesthetics of the Jewish Quarter were deliberately planned and executed by Israel after it was occupied during the 1967 war.
Secular-nationalist as well as religious politicians agreed that it should be turned into the capital of the Jewish nation, ...