mosque in jewish quarter was re israeli destruction of in eggertj may moses ll mit edu eggertj moses ll mit edu jim eggert x g writes it is important to note that there remains at least one mosque in the jewish quarter of the old city at least according to my map you might be able to find it just north of the hurva synagogue is this mosque really still there was this mosque built by squatters too when i was in jerusalem a couple of years ago our guide told us the story of that mosque not sure if it was true apparently it was built by a jewish convert to islam he had had a dispute with his neighbours and built the mosque davka to annoy them it s a cute story but not sure if it s true david f skoll
