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I tried the Strudel link and was immediately redirected to zuvio.com which showed a horizontal barberpole and claimed it was loading strudel-bar.com but it just kept spinning the barberpole. Both zuvio.com and strudel-bar.com are registered to an address in Porter Ranch, California. Neither site appears to be in Israel; one is in Houston, Texas, and the other I couldn't quite reach. What's going on? -phma 11:50, 16 Jun 2004 (EDT)

[edit] Protection

About once a month I accidentally protect a page. This month's was Talk:Jerusalem. It was unprotected in about a minute, but.

Also, I MoS'd the Strudel listing and took out the bad URL. --Evan 14:40, 16 Jun 2004 (EDT)

[edit] Spiritual home

Regarding the recent edit and revision: I would argue also as to whether Jerusalem would be considered the spiritual home of Christianity either. "Birthplace" is also arguable. It is certainly historically significant to Christianity, but as a Christian, I do not consider Jersusalem to be my spiritual home. Wikipedia describes it as of key importance to both Christianity and Islam. Others thoughts? -- Brendio 16:03, 18 Jan 2006 (EST)

I think it could be downgraded for Christianity, and birthplace is more accurate than home. Plunge forward. -- Colin 16:06, 18 Jan 2006 (EST)

[edit] IsIn

I made Jerusalem isIn both the Palestinian Territories and Israel, although I think that's probably stretching things a bit on the Palestinian side. East Jerusalem is, according to some, part of the Palestinian Territories, and is recognized by some governments as such. That said, it remains under the control of Israel and visitors to the city will deal exclusively with the Israeli government, and almost definitely arrive from within Israel.

Unless there is some practical information that will benefit the traveller, I prefer we be fair, call a spade a spade, and not mess around with the breadcrumb menu. --Evan 20:20, 26 February 2006 (EST)

[edit] King David Hotel

I don't know Jerusalem, but wonder if this hotel should be include in Grand old hotels. Pashley 07:43, 16 April 2006 (EDT)

Kinda borderline -- it's was opened "only" 1931, but it has seen more than its fair share of history since then. I'd pip for the American Colony Hotel to be included first though (and I've just added it there). Jpatokal 07:49, 16 April 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Jerusalem/Chareidi

Discussion from Wikitravel:Votes for deletion:

• Not an officially recognised district of the city, but rather one drawn by the original contributor, presumably on religious and cultural grounds. Recommend deletion and transfer of content into appropriate official districts. Much of the content belongs within a relevant "Understand" section. Paul James Cowie 16:56, 23 October 2006 (EDT)
• It doesn't need to be officially recognised to be useful to travellers. I don't know Jerusalem. Is this more useful than official names? Pashley 19:23, 23 October 2006 (EDT)
  • The name "Mea Shearim" [1] is overwhelmingly more common for the area. That said, it's not really a destination in the Wikitravel sense, because the Haredi (the more common spelling of "Chareidi") locals are not keen at all on tourists traipsing around and there are no places to stay. Jpatokal 21:40, 23 October 2006 (EDT)
• How about redirecting to Jerusalem, and then this conversation can continue on Talk:Jerusalem/Chareidi. -- Ryan 16:07, 4 November 2006 (EST)
  • Sounds good. This appears to be more of a question where to redirect than whether to delete or not... Maj 12:47, 5 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] List of religious congregations in Jerusalem?

Jerusalem is a city of religion. Therefore, it would be nice to have a list of congregations in town. 204.52.215.107 12:01, 14 February 2007 (EST)

No use for and no way of creating such a thing for the Jewish side, since that's just not how Jewish Jerusalem works. --89.138.34.239 18:27, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Virtual Tour

• 3Disrael Take a virtual visit to Jerusalem. See the Kotel, Supreme Court, Church of Mary Magdalene and more all Full Screen and no plug in needed.

I removed this from the page. While someone planning a trip to Jerusalem/Israel may find it useful, it's not a destination. ChubbyWimbus 11:12, 11 May 2009 (EDT)