J'lem: Hurva Synagogue inaugurated
The Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem's Jewish quarter has been inaugurated. Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger and Western Wall rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz both set the mezuzah at the synagogue jamb.
Thousand of police officers and military troops were deployed in Jerusalem ahead of the ceremony, in light of the tensions in the capital. (Kobi Nahshoni)
