Ramat Eshkol Street Apartment (back)
Useful Information
Closest Shopping District: Paran St, including:
- Take-out food
- Post Office
- Grocery Store (Supermarket)
- Pharmacy
- Bank
- Laundry
Terem Emergency Medical Centers – Romema, Beit YaHav, (80 Yirmeyahu St, Tel: 1-599-520-520, or 509-3333) Hours: 24 hours, seven days a week. Can perform both x rays and laboratory tests on site. Results are given as part of the visit.
Local Transportation: Bus and Light Rail
Bus – #4 to the center of town and the clinic; #19 to the center of town and Hadassa hospital; Egged local information Ph. 02-530-4704
Light Rail – the two closest stops are Givat Hamivtar and Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill). For a complete route map, click here:
Near You:
Ammunition Hill Memorial and Museum – Site of a bloody battle in 1967, this museum is dedicated to the reunification of Jerusalem and to those who died in the Six-Day War. You can walk through bunkers and trenches, and five exhibition halls full of weapons, maps, battle plans, and more.
Hours Sun-Thurs 9 am-5 pm; Fri 9 am-1 pm Phone (02) 582-8442
Transportation Bus: 4, 9, 25, 28, or 99
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Campus, Mount Scopus. Call to find out about tours in English; 02-6585111
British Military Cemetery, Mount Scopus
Religious:
Ohr Somayach Yeshiva – An Orthodox yeshiva for the newly religious. Holds a variety of ongoing classes and minyanim. 22 Shimon Hatzadik Street, Maalot Daphna neighborhood (not far from the apartment)
Tel: 02-581-0315 Email: mandel@ohr.israel.net
Jerusalem Great Synagogue (Orthodox), 58 King George St., http://www.jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com/. Daily minyanim.
Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism (Conservative),
8 Agron St., Tel. 625-6386
Israel Union for Progressive Judaism (Reform), 13 King David St.,
Tel: 620-3448; also Har El Synagogue, 16 Shmuel Hanagid, tel: 625-3841
See www.godaven.com for listing of Jerusalem synagogues
Baptist– Jerusalem Baptist Church, 4 Narkis St., Tel: 02-625-5942
Catholic – St. Paul’s Church, 32 Shivtei Yisrael St., Tel: 02-628-7523
Presbyterian – St. Andrew’s Church, near the old Railway Station, Tel: 02-673-2401
See http://www.holylandnetwork.com/jerusalem/churches.htm for full listing of Churches in Jerusalem