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Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
11 km · about 20 min drive
Jerusalem, Israel · Asia
Shoresh works well as a base: 5 minutes from Qiryat Ye‘arim, 16km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Shoresh is a town located in Jerusalem, Israel. With a population of 1,247, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Shoresh sits in Israel, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Shoresh to your route.
Shoresh (Hebrew: שורש, שֹׁרֶשׁ, lit. Root / source) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located five kilometres from Sha'ar HaGai in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,399.
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Shoresh is located in Jerusalem, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 31.7971 latitude, 35.0652 longitude.
Shoresh has a population of approximately 1,247 people, making it a town in Israel.
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museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
15 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
16 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
One of the oldest port cities in the world with 4,000 years of history, now an artists' quarter with galleries, restaurants, and views of Tel Aviv's skyline.
41 km · about 50 min drive
restaurant
A Jaffa hummus counter running since 1971, famous for masabacha made with whole chickpeas and extra tahini. It sells out and closes by mid-afternoon, and the queue starts well before that.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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