JERUSALEM AREA BY AREA - Jerusalem and the Holy Land - page 141

JEWELLERY out of the country you must

obtain a permit from the Israeli
Antiquities Authority (see

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pp284-5) . Only certain shops
are authorised to deal in
antiques of this kind; buy
from a non-accredited source
and there is a chance that you
may be buying looted goods.
Tzadok in West Jerusalem is
an authorised specialist that
often has items for sale
garnered from recent digs.
Founded in 1938, Baidun is
one of the better known of
a great many antique dealers
along the Via Dolorosa. It sells
pieces from the Chalcolithic
era to early Islamic times. The
Via Dolorosa Rest House , in
addition to antiques, always
has a good selection of lovely,
high-quality Russian icons.

Israeli-jewellery designer
Michal Negrin , whose
whimsical designs are sold
in her own-brand boutiques
across the world, has several
stores in Jerusalem; the most
central of these is located in
Nakhalat Shiva. Goldtime is
another respected local chain
store with several branches in
Jerusalem. For more one-off
and highly decorative designs
visit Puenta , which is also in
Nakhalat Shiva.

CERAMICS

Distinctive items of pottery
are sold in shops throughout
the Old City but for the best
quality visit Palestinian
Pottery (see p146) . Its show-
rooms are filled with displays
of the company's trademark
hand-painted cups, bowls,
tiles and vases, with prices
starting from a few dollars.
In West Jerusalem, the
narrow lanes of Nakhalat
Shiva are full of pottery-
stocked gift stores, including
the Guild of Ceramists Gallery
Shop , which has different
collections of unique pieces
by a variety of Israeli artisans.

RELIGIOUS ARTICLES

For Christian religious items
there is a plethora of shops
along the Old City's David
Street and the Muristan area
of the Christian Quarter,
specialising in crucifixes,
rosaries and biblical scenes
crafted from olive wood.
Shops selling exquisitely
crafted items of Judaica are
found all throughout the
Old City's Jewish Quarter,
particularly on the ancient
Cardo, which is where you'll
find Ot Ezra and Chabad . In
the new city they cluster on
King David Street, near the
King David Hotel and Y

BOOKS

Israel's oldest and largest
bookstore chain is Steimatzky ,
founded in Jerusalem in 1925.
It still has several branches in
the city (including on Jaffa
Road, Ben Yehuda Street and
King George V Street), all of
which sell English-language
newspapers and magazines,
fiction and non-fiction, and
topics about Jerusalem and
Israel. However, the best
selection on the history and
politics of the city, and the
Middle East in general, is
found at the Bookshop at
the American Colony Hotel .

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Try Tzadok , which carries
everything from simple silver
candlesticks to chalah dishes
and menorahs , and shofars ,
the traditional Jewish trumpet
made from a ram's horn.

Distinctive items of handpainted
ceramics at Palestinian Pottery

DIREC T ORY

MARKETS
Mahane Yehuda
120 Jaffa Road, West
Jerusalem.

Map 4 D2. Tel (02) 628 Nakhalat Shiva, West

Jerusalem. Map 1 A3.
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Palestinian Pottery
14 Nablus Road, East
Jerusalem. Map 1 C2.
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www .palestinianpottery.
com

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www .michalnegrin.com
Puenta
21 Yoel Salomon Street,
Nakhalat Shiva, West
Jerusalem. Map 1 A3.
Tel [phone].

6838.

BOOKS
Bookshop at the
American Colony
Hotel
2 Louis Vincent Street,
off Nablus Road, East
Jerusalem. Map 1 C1.
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Steimatzky
39 Jaffa Road, West
Jerusalem. Map 1 A3.
Tel [phone].

ANTIQUES
Baidun
20 Via Dolorosa, Muslim
Quarter, Old City. Map 4
D2. Tel [phone].

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RELIGIOUS
ARTICLES

JEWELLERY
Goldtime
8 King George V Street,
West Jerusalem.
Map p1 A3.
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Michel Negrin
12 Yoel Salomon Street,
Nakhalat Shiva, West
Jerusalem. Map p1 A3.

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www .baidun.com
Tzadok
18 King David Street,
West Jerusalem. Map 1
B4. Tel [phone]. l
Via Dolorosa Rest
House
40 Via Dolorosa, Muslim
Quarter, Old City.

Chabad
Cardo, Jewish Quarter,
Old City. Map 3 C4.
Tel [phone]. l
Ot Ezra
8 Cardo, Jewish Quarter,
Old City. Map 3 C4.
Tel [phone].

CERAMICS
Guild of Ceramists
Gallery Shop
27 Yoel Salomon Street,

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