What is Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery?
{{Coord|31|46|25.82|N|35|14|35.05|E|region:IL_type:mountain|display=title}} [[File:JERUSALEM Mount of Olives Cemetery.JPG|thumb|270px|right|the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery]] The '''Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery''' is a cemetery in [[Jerusalem]]. It is the oldest [[Jewish]] cemetery in the world. It is also the biggest cemetery for Jews. The cemetery is on the [[Mount of Olives]]. It faces the [[Old City of Jerusalem]]. The cemetery has over 150,000 graves. == Sections == * Ashkenazi Communities section * Sephardim and Oriental Communities sections * Hasidic Communities * Military section * 1929 Palestine riots section == Kidron Valley necropolis == The southwestern part of the cemetery is [[Kidron Valley necropolis]] continuing the cemetery from southwest in the [[Kidron Valley]]. a part of the Arab village of [[Silwan]] was built over this part of the cemetery. == Arab neighborhoods == Some Arab neighborhoods of [[East Jerusalem]] were built on the grounds of the cemetery after the Jordanian conquest in 1948 including: Al-Bustan, Ras al-Amud, Al-Sheikh, A-Tur, ==Gallery== <gallery> Yad Avshalom.JPG|[[Tomb of Absalom]] Jerusalem - Pyramide de Zacharie.jpg|[[Tomb of Zechariah (Ben Jehoiada)|Tomb of Zechariah]] Hezir tomb.JPG|[[Tomb of Benei Hezir]] Yad Avshalom PA180069.JPG|[[Cave of Jehoshaphat]] Pelagia Grave 1.jpg|[[Tomb of Huldah]] Enterance to the tomb of Hagai IMG 3392.JPG|[[Cave of the Prophets]] Tomb of Pharao's Daughter.JPG|[[Tomb of Pharaoh's daughter]] City of david2.jpg|[[Kidron Valley necropolis]] </gallery> == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery}} * [http://www.mountofolives.co.il/index.aspx Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410033351/http://www.mountofolives.co.il/index.aspx |date=2016-04-10 }} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Mount of Olives]] [[Category:Cemeteries in Jerusalem]] [[Category:16th-century buildings and structures]]