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Building the Hurva
Building the Hurva
Introduction Restoration of the Hurva History of the Hurva Architect’s Statement Documents Project Principals Pictures from the Building Site
 
Project Principals

Initiator:
 The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem Ltd.
  Mr. Nissim Arazi –CEO of JQDC Mr. Daniel Shukrun – Assistant CEO and project coordinator Contractor: MANRAV Construction Company Archeology consultant: Mr. Hillel Gilboa
Architects:
 Nahum Meltzer (N. Meltzer, G. Igra Architects Ltd.)
Project management:
 Engineer Eliezer Avni (Avni, Amster Engineering Ltd)
Construction:
 Yossi Gordon
Historical consultant:
 Dr. Arie Morgenstern, Historian, Shalem Center
Computer imaging:
 Daniel Warnick
Hurva model:
 Andre Mellick
Movie and booklet:
 Udi Armoni, Armoni Productions
Archeological and historical survey:
Survey:
 Preservation Department, Israel Antiquities Authority
Project management::
 Paina Millstein, architect
Proof-reading and editing:
 Yael Forman, preservation architect
Material examination:
 Aliza Van Zeiden, preservationist
Black and white photography and opening measurement:
 Neta Mendel and Michal Stop, Architecture students.
 
Preservation Department personnel:

Ya’akov Sheffer, Department Manager
Ra’anan Kislev, Head of Planning Branch
Jack Nager, Head of Specialities Branch
Motti Deutscher, Administration Manager

   
Resources Dr. A. Morgenstern, Historian – Historical background
Architect N. Meltzer – Reconstruction plans of the Hurva synagogue
Architect Yishai Levi – Historical and literary materials
Y. Nir – Following the First Photographers in Jerusalem and Eretz Yisrael, Jerusalem, 1986
M. Naor – The Jewish Quarter in the Old City, Jerusalem, 1987
R. Yizraeli/Y. Bar Dor – The Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 1984
A. Schiller – The First Photographs of Jerusalem, The Old City, Jerusalem, 1978
The building of the Hurva: Proposals and understandings regarding the reconstruction of The Hurva of Rabbi Yehuda Ha-Hassid, edited by Architect David Kassuto.
The Hurva of Rabbi Yehuda Ha-Hassid, its construction and function in a renewed settlement – a discussion, edited by Dr. Michael Levine and Tzvi Steiner
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography: Aerial Photography Archive
The Itzhak Kaplan “Courtyard of the Old Yishuv” Museum
The Jerusalem Municipality historical archive
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, The Wolfson Museum collection
The National and University Library, Jerusalem
The Central Zionist Archive – photograph library
Keren Hayesod – National Israel Appeal – photograph archive
Private collections: The Bracha Sley collection, the A. Bir collection, the Y. Kisslinger collection, the Y. Booksbaum collection, the S. Freiman collection, the M. Meir collection, the R. Melon collection, the M. Wollock collection, the A. Rosenfeld collection, the S. Bermetz collection.
The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem Ltd, document and photograph archive.