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− | + | ('''Hebrew''': סעריה / '''Translation''': Saraya Center / '''Other Names''': Saraya Community Center, Saraya Building, Wolfson Community Center, / '''Definition''': Tzfat Community Center.) | |
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− | The | + | The Saraya is a landmark in [[Safed]]. The large two-story building whose clock chimes every hour is an familiar site on the outskirts of the Artists Quarter. It is, for many visitors, the first view of Old Tzfat that they see as they drive into the city. |
== History == | == History == | ||
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=== Shelter === | === Shelter === | ||
− | + | During the [[Tarpat-1929-Arab-Riots-in-Safed|Arab riots of 1929]], Jews who escaped from the Jewish Quarter took refuge in the Saraya but the British did not adequately protect them. Even in the midst of the British army, the Arabs managed to climb onto the Saraya roof and shoot into the crowd of Jews who were huddled in the Saraya courtyard. | |
=== War of Independence === | === War of Independence === | ||
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==== Music School ==== | ==== Music School ==== | ||
The Community Center music school offers classes to Tzfat schoolchildren in a side tower of the Saraya. Children can learn whichever instrument they choose and the older children often perform at municipal and other cultural events in bands and youth symphonies. | The Community Center music school offers classes to Tzfat schoolchildren in a side tower of the Saraya. Children can learn whichever instrument they choose and the older children often perform at municipal and other cultural events in bands and youth symphonies. | ||
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[[Category:Safed]] | [[Category:Safed]] | ||
[[Category:Jewish History]] | [[Category:Jewish History]] | ||
[[Category:Israel Landmarks]] | [[Category:Israel Landmarks]] |
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