Unlike other guides, Jerusalem City Travel Guide provides you with 3 zoomableoffline maps (x6 zoom) of different cities showing the attractions, public bus stops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, hospitals and many other useful points of interest. The cities included are: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Bethlehem. You cannot get lost. With this guide, you will not only visit Jerusalem but also move around Israel and Palestinian Authority.

The travel guide is made based on travelers advices. Unlike other city guides, we can guarantee we have already visited these places and would like to give you a fancy and practical tool to make your visit a more enjoyable one.

Special features

- Interactive zoomable (x6) maps showing public bus stops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, hospitals, and many other useful points of interest
- Daily based itineraries
- Budget based hotels & restaurants, recommended by travelers
- Where, what & how to shop
- Nightlife activities
- City tips, commuting, moving around
- Safety tips

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Travel
Released: July 29, 2010
Publisher: Sebastian Juarez
Price: $2.99 (buy app)

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The Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs formulates, implements and presents the foreign policy of the Government of  Israel. It represents the state vis-a-vis foreign governments and international organizations, explains its positions and problems throughout the world, endeavors to promote its economic, cultural, and scientific relations, and fosters cooperation with developing countries. Israel currently maintains diplomatic relations with 162 countries.  The Ministry promotes relations with Diaspora communities and safeguards the rights of Israeli citizens abroad.

The Ministry discharges its diverse duties through its head office in Jerusalem and the Israeli missions abroad.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch,  iPad

Category: Social Networking
Released: 01 July 2010
Publisher: Israel Ministry of Finance © 2010 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Price: Free (get app)

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For Jewish People it is a commandment to learn about the Third Holy Temple.

The Third Temple app allows you, in a game motif, to learn the basic structure of the Third Holy Temple in a fun, informative, and exciting manner.

After a brief introduction, the second page of the app shows the general  floor plan of the Third Holy Temple. On the third page you move the various structures of the Third Holy Temple into their proper places. When a structure is in its proper place there is applause.  In case you do not remember the proper placement, you can hit the Back tap at the upper left corner to take another look at the floor plan. When you have completed placing the structures, press the See the Beis Hamikdash button. The screen will go blank as you hear the sound of the shofar (ram’s horn),  followed by thunder and lightning, and the descent of the Third Holy Temple. Although the app is in the form of a game, it nevertheless helps in our understanding of the Third Holy Temple, which hastens its building.

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According to Jewish tradition, the Mashiach is born on Tisha B’Av.  According to the Rambam, it is the Mashiach who will lead the Jewish People in the building of the Third Beit HaMikdash, that is never to be destroyed.

Positive Mitzvah 20: Build a Mikdash for G-d

Shemot 25:8: “They shall make a Temple (Mikdash) for Me, and I will [then] dwell in their midst.”

We are commanded to build a Temple for His service. There sacrifices are to be offered and the perpetual fire is to burn, thither the [prescribed] pilgrimages are to be made, and there the festivals and assemblages are to be held every year.

The Sifre says: “The Yisraelim were obliged to fulfill three Mitzvot upon their entry into the Land: to appoint a king over themselves, to build the Temple, and to annihilate the offspring of Amalek“ (Berachot, Tosefta 7:1). Thus it has been made clear to you that the building of the Temple is a distinct Mitzvah in itself.

The provisions of this Mitzvah as a whole, that is to say, those relating to the building of the Sanctuary, its design and its divisions, the building of the Altar, and the related laws, are explained in a Tractate specially devoted to the subject, namely Tractate Middot.  In like manner the design of the Menorah (Candlestick), of the Shulchan Aruch (Table), and of the golden Mizbeach (Altar), and their positions in the Temple are explained in the Gemara Menachot and Yoma.

All of the Prophets prophesied concerning the Acharit HaYamim (the End of  Days), Yeshayahu perhaps most beautifully:

וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים, וְנִשָּׂא, מִגְּבָעוֹת; וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו, כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם.

And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים, וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל-הַר-יְהוָה אֶל-בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב, וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו, וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו:  כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה, וּדְבַר-יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלָים.

And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord  from Jerusalem.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Educational, Family
Released: June 03, 2010
Publisher: Elite Performance and Learning Center, PS
Price: $0.99 (buy app)

Developer’s notes:

Israel (2–n–1 ) City Guide can help you plan your trip, make reservations, and also provide interactive support when you reach your destination. Suddenly called away on business without time to plan your trip? Israel (2–n–1 ) City Guide offers you the information you’ll need to find accommodations, transportation and dining options. It can even call you a cab!

Features:

• City Maps
• Local Weather
• Details of Accommodations
• Restaurant Suggestions
• The Best of Local Bar and Clubs
• Things to Do Locally
• Famous Landmarks
• Taxi Calling Feature (iPhone only)

If this is your first visit to Jerusalem & Tel Aviv this app is a simple and convenient way to get to know these locations and their famous landmarks.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Travel
Released: May 13, 2010
Publisher: Feel Social
Price: $1.99 (buy app)

Rabbi Leibel Reznick

With your iPhone in hand, take this guided tour of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, replete with up-to-date maps and full-color photos. The guide gives detailed descriptions of more than 50 historical and archaeological sites. It includes the area around the Temple Mount and the archaeological remains of the Second Temple. The guide relates the history, legends and lore of each site.

Browse 50 historical and archaeological sites.

• History based content.
• iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad compliant
• Additional features coming soon

Rabbi Leibel Reznick has been a senior lecturer in Talmudic studies in Rockland County, New York for the past 25 years. He has authored three books (The Holy Temple Revisited, A Time to Weep, and The Mystery of Bar Kokhba) and over 100 magazine and newspaper articles on Jewish History, archaeology, and religious and social issues.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Travel
Released: Jun 10, 2010
Publisher: Ronnie Schwartz © 2010 Rabbi Leibel Reznick
Price: $2.99 (buy app)

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Jeruselum Old City – Israel Travel Map

We have more than 100 Top destinations travel maps for you on iPhone with latest information and functionalities. These maps are especially designed for those who are planning to travel around these places for the first time and quite new if you already visited the place.

1.  Tab the “Image gallery” after I agree screen to view the list of photos.
2.  Select Description tab to know the History, Culture and Present Activities.
3.  To View the location Tab “Show me on Map”.
4.  View the location in Street Map and Satellite modes.
5.  Save your photos with Gps locations or map locations to your favorites.
6.  Take a snap using Camera, watch preview and tab “Use” button to save your favorite by Name, Description and co-ordinates.
7.  Save you camera location by Map or by Overlay.
8.  “Lat Lon” of your snapshot positions is saved automatically in the picture description page for iPhone and snapshot center co-ordinates are displayed for iPod.
9.   View all your saved snapshots in favorites.
10. Only snapshots on map can be taken for iPod Touch.

Visiting any well known place with our maps will definitely delight your voyage.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Travel
Released: May 26, 2010
Publisher: Egate IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Price: $2.99 (buy app)

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buUuk will find it for you. Use GPS to find a location nearby, or use the search engine to find a location where you’re going to be.Vote and comment on restaurants and read other users comments in real time. Include photos in your reviews.

The restaurant data is being constantly updated. Keep your eye on the “Offers” section to get free and discounted food and drink and the “New” section for the latest openings.

Fast, easy and accurate. buUuk is your ideal guide to the ever-changing food and drink scene in South East Asia, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Australia.  If you’ve looked at Urbanspoon or AroundMe and wished for an application with Restaurants, Bars, Pubs and Cafes for the Middle East, The Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Hong Kong, Japan (Tokyo and Osaka/Kansai), Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), South Korea (Seoul), North Korea (Pyongyang), New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch), China (Beijing), South Africa (Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban), Sri Lanka (Colombo) or Australia, here it is.

Whatever food you’re hungry for we help you go there; Chinese, Japanese, Sushi, Brazilian, Noodles, Eurasian, Peranakan, Fusion, Mexican, Muslim, Organic, Seafood, Burgers, Tapas, Italian, Pizza, Indian, French, Australian, Greek, Turkish, Indonesian, Filipino, Korean, Taiwanese, German, Spanish, Malaysian, Cantonese, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic,  Kosher, Israeli, Halal, Vegan, Vegetarian, Cafe buUuk will help you find them all.

Features include:
- Over 75,000 UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Ajman), Qatar (Doha), Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Eilat), Beijing, Hong Kong, Thai (Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai), Cambodian (Phnom Penh and Siem Reap), Lao (Vientiane), Filipino (Manila and surrounds, Cebu), Singapore, Malaysian (Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Malacca, Penang, Ipoh, Sabah, Sarawak, Terangannu, Pahang, Langkawi, Kedah), Indonesian (Jakarta, Bali, Bandung, Bogor and Surabaya), Brunei, Australia (Sydney – NSW, Melbourne – VIC, Brisbane – QLD, Perth – WA, Adelaide – SA, Darwin – NT, Hobart – Tasmania, Canberra – ACT), Indian , Japanese (Tokyo and Osaka), Korean (Seoul), Vietnamese (Hanoi), New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington), Sri Lankan (Colombo), South African (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban), Omani (Muscat) restaurant, cafe, hawker stalls, bars, wine bars and pub locations being constantly updated.

- Use location-based navigation to find food and drink near you.
- Map dining and drinking locations near you and get directions
- Search by cuisine, location and rating.
- Write ratings and reviews and see what others are saying.
- Twitter integration, have your reviews and ratings sent to your Twitter account.
- Facebook integration, update your status from buUuk.
- View offers for free and discounted food and drink.
- An active user forum where you can discuss you favourite topic – food!
- Halal tagging of restaurants and bars
- Wi-fi tagging of restaurants and bars
- Maybank tr’eats dining partners are now featured, use your Maybank card for discounts. Just look for the Maybank logo in the restaurant listings (Singapore only).
- American Express (Amex offers) featured (Singapore only)
- View locations around you using Augmented Reality (iPhone 3GS only)

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Category: Travel, Lifestyle
Released: September 30, 2009
Publisher: Buuuk Private Limited
Price: Free (get app)

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Jerusalem has for millennia held a special place in the minds, hearts, and imaginations of people all over the world. For millions of people across the globe, Jerusalem continues to play a special role in their spiritual lives. Some of these people will be able to make the trip to visit the city, and for many others that trip will exist only within. Via the virtual world we can connect between the city of Jerusalem and people all over the world and provide the opportunity to experience Jerusalem in all its many faceted variety. Using modern technology we can establish Jerusalem as a meaningful religious and spiritual destination in the virtual world, and create bridges in the process between faiths, religions, languages and distance in a way that has never been done before.

We can enable people to feel connected to Jerusalem and to support the city’s special place in our world – whether they are across the ocean or half a world away. With jPray your prayers and messages will be heard in the holiest city in the world – Jerusalem.

“This option is for people who want to maintain a spiritual connection with the city but are unable to visit it,” explained Michael Weiss, one of the jerusalem.com administrators. “The idea is to provide a meaningful experience beyond an image of the city. We allow any person in the world to be heard in the city of God.

“Israelis’ accessibility to the holy sites is elementary but is not within the reach of millions of people. Many of them will not be able to come here even once in their lives. Using this technology one can provide people far away with something of the holy city’s DNA,” Weiss said.

He also added that the loudspeaker will be installed in the Yemin Moshe neighborhood and will operate on medium volume.

According to Weiss, after a prayer has been sounded the person who sent the recording will receive a message saying “G0d heard your prayer in Jerusalem.”

Thus far prayers have been received from 72 countries and Weiss said that Jews are “the strongest audience” but that there are many prayers from Christians and Muslims (via ynet.com).

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
Released: April 06, 2010
Publisher: inManage LTD.
Price: $1.99 (buy app)

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“Angels & Demons, Jewish Magic Through The Ages” – new exibition in  Bible Lands Museum and… iPhone app.

Magic permeates daily Jewish lives to such a degree that life without magic is close to impossible.

An interesting fact is that most individuals are unaware that many items in their daily life and many daily actions and beliefs are magical in nature. Examples of this are endless: knocking on wood, tfu tfu tfu, Evil Eye (בלי עין הרע), not naming a child before birth, the amuletic power of the mezuzah, red ribbon bracelet, khamsas, jinxes…

These and many more practices have ancient sources. Some have lost their meaning even though they are still used, for example, the magical formula ABRACADABRA, has its roots in the 3^rd century CE, and is continuously used even today.

Belief that the world was filled with supernatural beings and forces such as angels, demons, spirits and the evil eye was common in the ancient world and, indeed, many people today hold to that conviction. These forces were attributed with many powers and were thought to be responsible for many of the good, but especially the bad things occurring to people on a daily basis. It was generally believed that such forces can be coerced into acting on behalf of the applicant. Depending on whether the goal of this coercion was for evil or good, we can distinguish between witchcraft (black magic) and magic (protective magic, or white magic).

Biblical laws strictly forbid the Jewish people from having anything to do with witchcraft (black magic): “You shall not allow a sorceress to live” (Exodus 22:17); “There must not be found among you anyone that… uses divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer” (Deuteronomy 18:10-11).

However, (white) magic i.e. defense against the dark arts, the forces of evil and the damage they cause was not forbidden in Judaism. This is clear both from biblical and rabbinical writings and from many of the preserved amulets, covering various functions, some of which were written by rabbis. The exhibition is designed to show this separation.

Jewish Magic app it’s an interactive exhibition guide combines archaeology, folklore and superstition in an all encompassing display of amulets, khamsas, jewelry, manuscripts, books of spells and other mystifying objects.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Category: Education
Released: April 29, 2010
Publisher: Qbiki Networks © Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
Price: Free (get app)

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The Western Wall in Jerusalem is the last remnant of the Second Temple and as such, it is believed there’s greater Divine presence around the Western Wall than anywhere else on earth. This is why for hundreds of years people have been placing notes with their prayers in the Wall’s crevices, believing that it serves as a direct line to the Almighty God.

Now this centuries-old tradition arrives to your iPhone. @TheKotel for iPhone is based on the popular “Tweet Your Prayers” Twitter service – which brought the Western-Wall to the Twitter age. It is a successful service on Twitter that’s received worldwide recognition and coverage, serving many thousands in the short period of time of its existence.

You can send a prayer in any language supported by your iPhone keyboard.

Visit TweetYourPrayers for plenty of information on this service.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Lifestyle
Released: March 10, 2010
Publisher: © 2009 Yoram Berkowicz
Price: Free (get app)

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Matisyahu was born Matthew Miller on June 30, 1979, in West Chester, PA, although his family moved to Berkeley, CA, when he was a child before settling in White Plains, NY. He was given a traditional Jewish upbringing, against which he rebelled at first, considering himself a Deadhead and a hippie by his early teens. But at the age of 14, during a camping trip in Colorado, he reconciled himself to Judaism and soon after visited Israel. After returning to White Plains, he dropped out of high school and traveled the country to attend Phish concerts. Back at home again, he agreed to let his parents send him to a wilderness school in Bend, OR, where he became enamored of reggae and hip-hop, and began rapping at open-mike competitions. He returned to New York at 19 to attend the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, but also joined the Carlebach Shul, a synagogue where his musical interests were encouraged. Meeting a Lubavitch rabbi, he became interested in the strict Lubavitch Hasidic sect of Judaism and renamed himself Matisyahu.

Continuing to perform, Matisyahu assembled a backing band consisting of Aaron Dugan (guitar), Josh Werner (bass), and Jonah David (drums). They recorded Shake Off the Dust…Arise, released by JDub Records in 2004. A concert held in Austin, TX, on February 19, 2005, yielded the follow-up release, Live at Stubb’s, which was released by Or Music on April 19, 2005, then picked up for national distribution by Epic Records, a division of Sony BMG, which reissued it on August 23, 2005, as Matisyahu toured around the country and prepared a second studio album produced by Bill Laswell. The final product, Youth, appeared in March 2006 and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Reggae Album. A simultaneously released dub version of the album was made available exclusively to mail-order customers. The singer’s backing band named themselves Roots Tonic and released Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell in May, and by the end of the year the EP/DVD combo No Place to Be was released. The CD featured a cover version of the Police’s “Message in a Bottle” along with some remixes, while the DVD featured interviews and a concert recorded in Israel (via iTunes).

Selections from No Place to Be (listen to a samples, buy album)

Price: $5.99
Genres: Reggae,  Music, Alternative
Released: Dec 26, 2006
℗ 2006 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Website

Developer’s Notes

Features include:
· Latest Information: Update monthly.
· Everything You Need: Historical background and fun facts of destinations, how to get there, things to do, places to go, contact info, etc.
· Well Organized: All contents are listed by category. It’s easy for you to find out the topics you are interested in.
· Access Anywhere: Save roaming and WiFi charges when travelling. All content provided is offline available for instant, anywhere access.
· Easy to Use: Integrated phone numbers for fast dialing. One click to sending E-mail or accessing website of destinations.
· Customizable: Adjustable fonts, size, text and background colors
· Night Mode: For reading in dimly lit environments
· Bookmarks: Bookmark your favorites destinations
· Restore Last View: When re-launched, you can returned to the exact location you were last at

Contents include:
· Overview
· Hotels
· Dining
· Attractions
· Things To Do
· Get Around
· Shopping
· Safety Tips

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Travel
Released: January 04, 2010
Publisher: Liqiu Ren
Price: $2.99 (buy app)