ירושלים, העיר העתיקה, בית הכנסת תפארת ישראל

In November 2013-March 2014 and April-July 2019, two seasons of salvage excavations were conducted in the Tif'eret Yisra'el Synagogue compound, in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (Permit Nos. A-6945, A-7027 and License No. B-476/2019; map ref. 222094-110/631400-14; Fig. 1), prior to construction and restoration work. The excavations, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and funded by the Corporation for the Renovation and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem Ltd., were directed by O. Gutfeld and T. Rogovski (2019 season; field and studio photography), with the assistance of I. Novoselsky (drawing), V. Essman, Y. Shmidov and M. Kahan (surveying and drafting), A. Peretz (photography), D. Zell (3D photography), I. Yezerski-Geva (Iron Age pottery), H. Geva (Second Temple period pottery and scientific consultation), A. de Vincenz (Early Islamic pottery), R. Jackson-Tal (glass), R. Nenner-Soriano (small finds), N. Amitai-Preiss (numismatics and Arabic inscriptions), M. Lavi (metallurgical laboratory) and N. Vilozny (frescoes). Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:David;}