Saraya-Safed - Revision history

Simcha at 19:31, 10 February 2013

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	\|data8 = A community center in Tzfat, Israel.}}		\|data8 = A community center in Tzfat, Israel.}}

−	The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the [[Artists Quarter Safed\|Artists Quarter]]. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.	+	The '''Saraya''' is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the [[Artists Quarter Safed\|Artists Quarter]]. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.

	== History ==		== History ==
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		+	{{Safed Tourism}}
	{{Safed History}}		{{Safed History}}

85.250.73.155 at 16:58, 24 October 2012

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	\|data2 = סעריה		\|data2 = סעריה
−	\|header3 = ~~Pronunciation~~:	+	\|header3 = Other Names:
	\|data6 = Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center		\|data6 = Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center
	\|header7 = Description:		\|header7 = Description:

Dun at 19:30, 23 October 2012

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	{{Infobox		{{Infobox
	\|title = Saraya of Tzfat		\|title = Saraya of Tzfat
−	\|image = [[File:~~Space holder~~.jpg\|215px\|alt=Saraya Safed]]	+	\|image = [[File:00000372 saraya tower tzfat.jpg\|215px\|alt=Saraya Safed]]
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	\|data2 = סעריה		\|data2 = סעריה

Simcha at 20:06, 15 October 2012

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−	~~('''~~Hebrew~~'''~~: סעריה ~~/ '''Translation''': Saraya Center / '''Other Names'''~~: Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center~~, / '''Definition'''~~: Tzfat ~~Community Center~~.)	+	{{Infobox
		+	\|title = Saraya of Tzfat
		+	\|image = [[File:Space holder.jpg\|215px\|alt=Saraya Safed]]
		+	\|header1 = Hebrew:
		+	\|data2 = סעריה
		+	\|header3 = Pronunciation:
		+	\|data6 = Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center
		+	\|header7 = Description:
		+	\|data8 = A community center in Tzfat, Israel.}}

	The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the [[Artists Quarter Safed\|Artists Quarter]]. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.		The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the [[Artists Quarter Safed\|Artists Quarter]]. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.

UniqueKruper: /* Shelter */

2012-04-19T20:07:05Z

Shelter

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	=== Shelter ===		=== Shelter ===
−	During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed\|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the [[Old City Safed\|Jewish Quarter]] took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.	+	[[File:00000280-saraya-entrance.jpg\|thumb\|180px\|right\|Saraya entrance.]]During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed\|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the [[Old City Safed\|Jewish Quarter]] took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.

	=== War of Independence ===		=== War of Independence ===

Simcha: /* Music School */

2012-03-15T20:48:39Z

Music School

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	==== Music School ====		==== Music School ====
	The Community Center music school offers classes to Tzfat schoolchildren in a side tower of the Saraya. Children can learn whichever instrument they choose and the older children often perform at municipal and other cultural events in bands and youth symphonies.		The Community Center music school offers classes to Tzfat schoolchildren in a side tower of the Saraya. Children can learn whichever instrument they choose and the older children often perform at municipal and other cultural events in bands and youth symphonies.
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		+	{{Safed History}}

	[[Category:Safed]]		[[Category:Safed]]
	[[Category:Jewish History]]		[[Category:Jewish History]]
	[[Category:Israel Landmarks]]		[[Category:Israel Landmarks]]

Simcha at 20:28, 22 January 2012

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	('''Hebrew''': סעריה / '''Translation''': Saraya Center / '''Other Names''': Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center, / '''Definition''': Tzfat Community Center.)		('''Hebrew''': סעריה / '''Translation''': Saraya Center / '''Other Names''': Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center, / '''Definition''': Tzfat Community Center.)

−	The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the Artists Quarter. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.	+	The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the [[Artists Quarter Safed\|Artists Quarter]]. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.

	== History ==		== History ==

Simcha: /* Shelter */

2012-01-17T21:06:36Z

Shelter

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	=== Shelter ===		=== Shelter ===
−	During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed\|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the Jewish Quarter took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.	+	During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed\|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the [[Old City Safed\|Jewish Quarter]] took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.

	=== War of Independence ===		=== War of Independence ===

Simcha: /* Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry */

2012-01-02T21:28:30Z

Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry

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	==== Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry ====		==== Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry ====
−	The [[~~Museum~~ Hungarian Speaking Jewry Safed\|Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry]] operates in a small building in the Saraya courtyard. It is open during the week and provides information and exhibits that offer a glimpse of the pre-Holocaust and Holocaust-era Hungarian-speaking Jewish world.	+	The [[Hungarian Speaking Jewry Museum Safed\|Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry]] operates in a small building in the Saraya courtyard. It is open during the week and provides information and exhibits that offer a glimpse of the pre-Holocaust and Holocaust-era Hungarian-speaking Jewish world.

	==== Dance Studio ====		==== Dance Studio ====

Simcha at 19:55, 29 December 2011

2011-12-29T19:55:17Z

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−	('''Hebrew''': סעריה / '''Translation''': Saraya Center /'''Other Names''': Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center, / '''Definition''': Tzfat Community Center ~~/ '''Description''': Central Community Center, under the auspices of the Association of Tzfat Community Centers~~)	+	('''Hebrew''': סעריה / '''Translation''': Saraya Center / '''Other Names''': Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center, / '''Definition''': Tzfat Community Center.)

−	The Saraya is a landmark in ~~Tzfat~~. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the Artists Quarter. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.	+	The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the Artists Quarter. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city.

	== History ==		== History ==
−	“Saraya” -- "palace” in Turkish was built in the 1700s during the rule of Dahar El Omar, an ~~Ottoman~~ [~~http://www.zissil.com/topics/~~Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1760-to-1918] ruler, who commissioned the construction of the building as a government administration building. After the British defeated the Turks during WWI and undertook the administration of the British Mandate on Palestine ~~[http://www.zissil.com/topics/British-Rule-of-Safed-1918-to-1948]~~, they began to use it as their own headquarters.	+	“Saraya” -- "palace” in Turkish was built in the 1700s during the rule of Dahar El Omar, an [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1760-to-1918\|Ottoman ruler]], who commissioned the construction of the building as a government administration building. After the [[British-Rule-of-Safed-1918-to-1948\|British]] defeated the Turks during WWI and undertook the administration of the British Mandate on Palestine, they began to use it as their own headquarters.

	=== Shelter ===		=== Shelter ===
−	During the ~~Arab riots of 1929~~ [~~http://www.zissil.com/topics/~~Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed], Jews who escaped from the Jewish Quarter took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.	+	During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed\|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the Jewish Quarter took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard.

	=== War of Independence ===		=== War of Independence ===
−	When the ~~British evacuated Tzfat~~ [~~http://www.zissil.com/topics/~~Safed-War-of-Independence] they turned the Saraya over to the Arab forces which, at that time, included Syrian and Iraqi soldiers. The pre-State underground, Lehi, managed to blow up part of the building, demoralizing the Arabs.	+	When the [[Safed-War-of-Independence\|British evacuated Tzfat]] they turned the Saraya over to the Arab forces which, at that time, included Syrian and Iraqi soldiers. The pre-State underground, Lehi, managed to blow up part of the building, demoralizing the Arabs.

	== Post-Independence ==		== Post-Independence ==
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	==== Noam Synagogoue ====		==== Noam Synagogoue ====
−	The ~~Noam synagogue~~ [~~http://www.zissil.com/topics/~~Noam-Synagogue-Safed] operates morning “minyans” -- prayer quorums -- as well as Sabbath and holiday services, classes and different types of activities to meet the needs of the religious community in Tzfat.	+	The [[Noam-Synagogue-Safed\|Noam synagogue]] operates morning “minyans” -- prayer quorums -- as well as Sabbath and holiday services, classes and different types of activities to meet the needs of the religious community in Tzfat.

	==== Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry ====		==== Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry ====
−	The Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry operates in a small building in the Saraya courtyard. It is open ~~from 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Sundays through Thursdays~~ and provides information and exhibits that offer a glimpse of the pre-Holocaust and Holocaust-era Hungarian-speaking Jewish world.	+	The [[Museum Hungarian Speaking Jewry Safed\|Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry]] operates in a small building in the Saraya courtyard. It is open during the week and provides information and exhibits that offer a glimpse of the pre-Holocaust and Holocaust-era Hungarian-speaking Jewish world.

	==== Dance Studio ====		==== Dance Studio ====