Even if you consider yourself an expert on Jerusalem tourist attractions, you might have missed the secrets tucked away on downtown side streets. Three little-known Jerusalem museums hold hidden delights
PAST MADE PRESENT From an ancient hand-carved filigree aron kodesh to a stringed Persian santur with the most exquisite sound in the many small museums tucked away among the winding streets of Jerusalem every artifact is a testimony to the living mesorah of bygone days (Photos: Lior Mizrachi)
I t’s afternoon in Jerusalem.
You check your calendar and realize you have two hours with nothing planned. You could spend them shopping or sipping an iced coffee and watching the world pass by. Or you could take a quick trip to Italy Morocco — or the Beis Hamikdash.
Sounds impossible? Then you haven’t visited these three small museums nestled within Jerusalem’s bustling downtown: the U. Nahon Museum of Italian Art the David Amar Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Center in Jerusalem and the Hebrew Music Museum.
Each museum is a small but evocative glimpse into a piece of the mosaic that has formed Am Yisrael’s past. But that’s not all. Each of them also has an intriguing story about how it became part of the current Jerusalem landscape. So without further ado let’s begin the tour — and begin it with one of the oldest communities in the Diaspora Italian Jewry.
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