Hecht Synagogue
Hecht Synagogue is a synagogue located on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Scopus and Mount of Olives.
Mount Scopus
Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
Mount of Olives
Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Dome of the Rock is situated 1½ km southwest of Hecht Synagogue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi al-Joz and Kiryat Menachem Begin.
Wadi al-Joz
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wadi al-Joz, also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Kiryat Menachem Begin
Neighborhood
Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in East Jerusalem located between Sheikh Jarrah in the north, adjacent to Mount Scopus in the east and Ammunition Hill in the west.
Issawiya
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Issawiya is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Scopus ridge. To the east and north, it is bordered by Road 1, which connects Jerusalem with the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim; immediately adjoining…
Hecht Synagogue
- Type: Synagogue
- Description: synagogue in the Hebrew University campus on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79186° or 31° 47′ 31″ northLongitude
35.24222° or 35° 14′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6RR+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 582849701OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q17616869
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Hecht Synagogue” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “赫特猶太會堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيس هيشت”
- German: “Hecht-Synagoge”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת האוניברסיטאי ע’ש מאיר יעקב שיק הכט”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת הכט”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת הר הצופים”
- Hebrew: “בית כנסת ע’ש הכט”
- Spanish: “Sinagoga Hecht”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ספריית בלומפילד and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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