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The dome of the rock is a shrine located in old jerusalem on the Temple Mount. It was created in 691C.E. by the orders of Umayyad Caliphbd al-Malik during a time period called the second Fitna. It has had many changes to the outside since it was made, the most notable one was the addition of a gold plated roof in 1959-1961.  It's structure was modeled after Byzantine churches and palaces. It has an octagonal plan for its shape and on top has a giant gold plated dome. You can see the Dome of the Rock as our background, it is considered one of Jerusalem's most recognizable sites. It is also shown in our background

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The Temple Mount is one of the most famous holy places not just for the Jews but for Muslims and Christians as well. It is the third holiest site in all of Judaism seeing as it has many other holy Jewish landmarks, and because the Jewish people regard it as a place where God's Presence is manifested more than any other place in the world. The site has been associated with Mount Moriah, a place where Abraham's Binding of Isaac happened in Jewish and Christian tradition. The Temple Mount is very religious because of its close association with the Second Temple and Solomon's Temple however we only have definite evidence on the Second Temple being at Temple Mount. Solomon's Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians and then the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans. Both Temples were very important religious places for the Jewish people because they were central places of worship.

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Israel's religion plays a major role in creating and shaping Israel's culture and lifestyle. Religion in Israel has also played a very major role in its history.  The primary religion of Israel is Jewish, and it is the country in the world where the majority of citizens are Jewish.  According to a survey in 2011 a little over 75% of the citizens there were Jewish.

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The  economy of Israel is advance by global standards. As of 2015 it is ranked in the top 18 nations on the United Nations Human Development index.  The currency that Israel uses currently is the Israeli new shekel.

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Israel is a special place for those who are religious

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Israel is a special place for those who are religious

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Israel is a country on the coast of the Mediterranian, and is referred to as the biblical Holy Land by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.  Its most sacred sites are in its capital, which is Jerusalem.  It contains many different religious sites in it.

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This holy site named the western wall is a wall built by Herod the Great to support the 1,555,000 square foot plaza where the temple stood. It is considered one of the holiest sites where Jewish people are allowed to pray because of it's relation to the Second Temple. Beng one of the walls of the Second Temple to stand after it was destroyed makes it holy because it is considered to be closest to the second temple making it the most sacred site recognized by the Jews outside of the former temple mount. The Western Wall is also known as the Wailing Wall aptly named because Jews weep at the site over it's destruction of the temples.

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You may be wondering if this synagogue is old or new due to its oxymoronic name. It is actually the oldest site in Prague's Jewish Town and the oldest synagogue in all of Europe. It has served as the main synagogue of the Prague Jewish community for over 700 years. It was built in the late 13th century by the same stone masons who worked on the Convent of St. Agnes.

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The Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations (an intergovernmental organization consisting of 53 states, mostly those of the former British Empire). It is located in Kochi, Kerala, South India. It was built in 1567, and is one of the seven member synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan, a.k.a. Yehudan Mappila. The word "Paradesi" directly translates form several Indian languages to "foreigners".

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This synagogue was built in New York in 1887, and is considered to be one of the most beautiful synagogues in the world. It was originally made for the K'hal Adath Jeshurun, which is a congregation of Russian immigrants, but is now a popular synagogue for everyone.

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Belz Great Synagogue is the largest synagogue in the world. It can seat up to ten-thousand people. It took more than 15 years from the mid 80's to 2,000. It was built in Jerusalem and contains a massive wooden ark in it that holds up to 70 Jewish scrolls. The ark stands at 12 meters tall and weighs 18 tons, and is in the Guinness Book of Records. The funding was supplied by supporters around the world.

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Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and has long been a place of worship and pilgrimage for the Jewish people.  Its Old City has several important religious sites around the Temple Mount area.  This includes the Western Wall (sacred to Judaism), the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (a Christian pilgrimage site) and the Dome of the Rock (a Islamic shrine with a gold dome).    The Dome of the Rock is displayed in the picture here

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Located in St. Petersburg, Russia, this synagogue is the second largest in Europe. It took about eight years to build from 1880 to 1888, and was consecrated (declared sacred) in 1893.

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This is a holy landmark for the jews, because it is where Rabbi Shimon bar Yochi lies. He was a Mishnaic-era Sage. This era was in  10-220 CE and was referred as the period of the Tannaim. This was the time after the religious center of Judaism, which was Jerusalem at the time, was switched to Yavne because the Second Temple was destroyed.  The Jews operated under the operated under the occupation of the roman empire at the time of this era, the priests became increasingly corrupt as they've been seen as collaborating with the romans. Them being seen as corrupted and their mismanagement of the Ludaea Province eventually led to revolts, resent, and riots. This was a very conflicting time for the Jews and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochi was a rebel in these revolts against Rome and during this time authored the Zohar. This one of the most important rabbinic mystical compilations.

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In this section, we will be talking about Jewish synagogues, places that are considered holy by Jews, and where they go to pray.

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In this section we will be talking about the country called Israel

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In this section we'll be talking about some of the holy landmarks of the jewish religion