Jerusalem online

June 25, 2009 - 8:32 PM by Jessica · 1 Comment
Filed under: Business, General, Technology

jerusalemcom-logo1 The city of Jerusalem went online today with the launch of Jerusalem.com, a website that hopes to become the Jerusalem gateway to pretty much anyone who has anything to do with Jerusalem. We’re talking Jews, Christians, Arabs; pilgrims; tourists; property buyers and shoppers.

What it’s aiming to do is offer an overall picture of everything that’s going on in Jerusalem. So if you want to come visit Jerusalem, it has all the tourist services and information you may seek, from hotel reservations to tourist sites, wrapped in six hubs offering the information and services about the city. If you want to buy an apartment in Jerusalem, it has listings, and I have to say, they seem fairly authentic. There’s a gift shop, and it includes everything from Israeli wine, Emmanuel Judaica and Wissotzky tea boxes to Hebrew name necklaces, Ahava products and Israeli tee-shirts.

With the aim of becoming the hub for all three religions, Jerusalem.com also has a patented feature, the ability to submit vocal prayers and have them heard via speakers overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City. The site is reporting that hundreds of prayers have already been submitted from more than 72 different countries the world over. You can also light a candle at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, letting “the flame of your faith burn in Jerusalem.”

According to Jerusalem.com’s press officer, the company invited Princess Padmaja from Rajistan, India, who has been visiting Jerusalem for the past days, to post a to be heard in Jerusalem’s old city.