History, Jewish History - Henry Abramson, Yom Yerushalayim

Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) This Week in Jewish History

May 22, 2014
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Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) celebrates the unification of Jerusalem in the context of the Six-Day War of June 1967. This dramatic military achievement represented a victory that was both political and symbolic, giving Jews control over the the Old City and the Temple Mount after nearly 2000 years of exile.