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Jerusalem Within These Walls

Jerusalem Within These Walls

Within these walls lies a mystical city... an ancient promise of peace so desired that man has warred over it for thousands of years. Over the centuries its walls have been reddened by the blood of Jebusites and Jews, Babylonians and Persians armies of Arabs, Crusaders, Ottoman Turks, and the British Empire. Sacred city of the soul for one third of the earth's people, through the millennia it has drawn mankind to itself like a magnet. To all who live, work, and visit here, this is more than a city; it is a haven the fulfillment of some dream or prophecy the legacy of generations who have gone before. For this man and his family, coming here was the consummation of a promise made, 2,000 years ago. This man came here as an orphaned boy and found a miniature version of his lost nation. The dark shadow of Hitler's armies advancing across Europe drove this man on a path that led to the discovery of his roots in the very earth beneath his home.

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