Hurva Synagogue is home to first wedding since 1948

10.03.2011                      04.Adar ll, 5771

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Hurva Synagogue is home to first wedding since 1948

Avraham Pashnov and Rachel-Orli Journo were wed at the synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City that was destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion.

The Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem, which was officially rededicated a year ago, celebrated a milestone on Tuesday when for the first time since its destruction by Jordan’s Arab Legion on May 27, 1948, the Ashkenazi synagogue in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter hosted a wedding ceremony as an operational house of worship.
Avraham Pashnov and Rachel-Orli Journo were married in the Hurva’s courtyard….