Israel: Yad Vashem

On 28th June I got four postcards: two from Israel and two from Germany.

The two cards from Israel are about Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It was founded in 1953. The complex includes both institutions for the scientific study of the Holocaust and for the education of the larger public. Today it is Israel's second most visited tourist site. 

The first card shows the exit of the Holocaust History Museum. While the current museum was just opened in 2005, there has been already a museum at Yad Vashem since the beginning. In nine unterground galleries it tells the history of the Holocaust in chronological order from the Jewish life in Europa before the Holocaust, over the camps and the resistance to the new beginning in Israel. 

Stamp:
Mountains in Israel (from set of two) (issued 05-03-2019)

The second card shows the Children's Memorial. This memorial was erected in 1987 to remember the 1.5million children and young people, who became the youngest victims of the Holocaust.

Stamp:
Mountains in Israel (from set of two) (issued 05-03-2019)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: Acre

On 26th June I got five postcards: two from Israel, one from Italy and two from Germany.

One of the cards from Israel shows various views of Acre. Acre is continuously inhabited since Phoenician time, which makes it one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the World. In the 12th and 13th century it was one of the most important cities in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Although the remains of this period are almost intact and provide an exceptional inside in the era of the crusaders, the city is now mainly characteristic of an Ottoman fortified town of the 18th and 19th century. In 2001 the Old City of Acre became one of Israel's first two UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Stamps:
Sha’ar HaGay Inn (issued 23-05-2001)
Physical Education (from set of three) (issued 20-02-2007)
Vultures (from set of three) (issued 02-04-2013)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: Jesus Christ in the Holy Land

On 26th June I got five postcards: two from Israel, one from Italy and two from Germany.

One of the cards from Israel shows various places in Israel connected with Jesus Christ. Some of these places around the Sea of Galilee seek for the inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Festivals - Childhood Memories (from set of three) (issued 02-09-2015)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: Necropolis of Bet She’arim

On Wednesday I got two postcards: one from Israel and one from Croatia.

The card from Israel shows the relief of a Menorah at the Necropolis of Bet She’arim. The Necropolis of Bet She’arim became the the primary Jewish burial place in the 2nd century after Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. It was a place of activity of Rabbi Judah the Patriarch and a centre of the Jewish renewal. The catacombs are descriped as a treasury of artworks and inscriptions in Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew and Palmyrene. Since 2015 is the Necropolis of Bet She’arim on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Festivals - Childhood Memories (from set of three) (issued 02-09-2015)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: White City of Tel Aviv

On Wednesday I got three postcards: two from Israel and one from Japan.

One of the cards from Israel shows the Zlotopolsky House in Tel Aviv's White City. Tel Aviv was founded in 1907 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. It was also an important destination for Jewish immigrants. After the State of Israel was founded in 1948, Tel Aviv became an important technological, financial and touristic centre and is also home to many foreign embassies. Among the Jewish immigrants were also many architects who were trained in Europe and who built the World's largest concentration of International Style buildings in Tel Aviv, the White City. The White City of Tel Aviv is since 2003 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Festivals - Childhood Memories (from set of three) (issued 02-09-2015)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: Shrine of the Báb

On Wednesday I got three postcards: two from Israel and one from Japan.

One of the cards from Israel shows the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa. The Shrine of the Báb is an important location for pilgrimage in the Bahá'í Faith and is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Bahá'ís. As one of the Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee it is since 2008 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Festivals - Childhood Memories (from set of three) (issued 02-09-2015)

Thank You very much Marcel!

Israel: Masada

On Wednesday I got a postcard from Israel.

It shows Masada. Masada is a former fortress in the Judean Dessert. It was built by King Herod the Great and is best known for the Siege of Masada at the end of the Jewish-Roman War in 73. Today it is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Israel. In 2001 Masada was one of the first two sites in Israel to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamps:
Shimon Peres (issued 12-09-2017)
Mosaics in Eretz Israel (from set of three) (issued 17-11-2016)

Thank You very much Olga!

Israel: Jerusalem

On Thursday I got two postcards: my first card from Israel and one from Belarus.

Israel is a country in the Middle East bordering on Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Egypt. It is the World's only Jewish-majority state, one of the most educated countries in the World and the country with the highest standard of living in the Middle East. It is a member of the United Nations and the OECD.

The card shows the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the capital and largest city of Israel, although not all countries recognise Israel's rule over the city, as also the Palestinian territories claim it to be their capital. It is a holy city in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. As proposed by Jordan, the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls are since 1981 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamps:
Gerbera (from set of five) (issued 05-02-2013)
Vegetables (three from set of five) (issued 16-06-2015)

Thank You very much Olga!