Rebuilding the Hurva Synagogue and Jerusalem’s Old City

Every day Meir Eisenman would watch the reconstruction of the Hurva Synagogue which his great-great grandfather Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Zalman Zoref helped fund over 200 years ago. A licensed tour guide, Meir explains the history of the Perushim, the students of the Vilna Gaon, who left Lithuania to rebuild the Jewish community of Jerusalem. They sought to reconstruct the Hurva, or ruined courtyard, where once stood the grand synagogue of Judah HeHasid which was destroyed in 1720.In 1864 it was rebuilt to be an iconic community center for the Jews of Jerusalem. It was destroyed in the War of Independence in 1948 and rebuilt in 2010.Find out the inside story from a personal perspective. NOTES:* Meir Eisenman tour guide* Family of Avraham Shlomo Zalman (Salomon) Zoref hold a conference in his memory Get full access to Jewish History Moment podcast with Ben Bresky at benbresky.substack.com/subscribe