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Men line up to pray outside the Old City on Friday, March 19. (Sam Petulla/Journey to Jerusalem)

Police officers in Jerusalem form a line as they watch protesters. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Muslim men pray during a protest in Jerusalem. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Demonstrators hold signs in opposition of settlements in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

A woman pleads with officers to be allowed through Damascus Gate on Friday, Jerusalem. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Protestors stand talking in Jerusalem as police officers look on. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Between prayers, a protestor watches police officers in Jerusalem. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

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A bar mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Jose Leyva/Journey to Jerusalem)

Men tie tefillin and read from their prayer books at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Josh Tapper/Journey to Jerusalem)

A man prepares a boy for morning prayers at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Thursday morning prayers at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Josh Tapper/Journey to Jerusalem)

A woman davens at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Men read form the Quran inside Al Aqsa. Only men over 50 were allowed in Thursday, Jerusalem (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

The dome of the rock on the temple mount, Jerusalem (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Arab Muslims and Orthodox Jews share space in the Old City, Jerusalem (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

A nun looks on as pilgrims gather to pray inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Jose Leyva prays at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

A teenager lights a candle at the crucifixion site in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem (Maia Efrem/Journey to Jerusalem)

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Dr. Rustam, custodian of the Shrine of the Bahá'u'lláh (background) in Bahji, near Acco. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Windows of the Baha'i Mansion in Acco. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

A gardener trims the bushes at the Baha'i Shrine in Acco. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Sanaz Meshkinpour interviews Rob Weinberg, a volunteer at the Baha'i Shrine in Acco. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Sheikh Samir Assi, of El-Jazzar Mosque in Acco, holds up a photo of him with a Rabbi and an Eastern Orthodox priest. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Tammy Mutasa reads Matthew 26:17, which is about The Last Supper, on the bus ride from Hannaton to Jerusalem. (Josh Tapper/Journey to Jerusalem)

Yaniv Gilksman from Hannaton Educational Center talks about how the kibbutz operates to the class. (Mariana Cristancho-Ahn/Journey to Jerusalem)

An Orthodox Jew at the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Mariana Cristancho-Ahn/Journey to Jerusalem)

Street scene in Ramat Shlomo, a settlement in northeastern Jerusalem. Israel captured the area during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community. On March 10, 2010, the Israeli government approved the building of new Jewish settlements on this site, triggering protests from Arab communities. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

A visitor at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem looks at the Dome of the Rock. (Josh Tapper/Journey to Jerusalem)

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A pilgrim touches the hands of the Virgin Mary statue at the Church of the Annunciation. (Kasrawi/Journey to Jerualem)

A Latin inscription on the facade of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth exalts the Virgin Mary. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Pilgrims pray at the Church of the Annunciation. (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Sunil Joshi (L) and Sanaz Meshkinpour (second from left) interview Sheikh Abd Al-Salam Manasrah (R) while Ophir Yarden translates. (Mariana Cristancho-Ahn/Journey to Jerusalem)

Jose Leyva adjusts a plastic kippah at the Yosef Caro Synagogue in Safed. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

A woman prays at the Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue in Safed. (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Lim Wui Liang (L) laughs as Sam Petulla pontificates over a cup of coffee in Safed. (Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men worship at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. (Sam Petulla/Journey to Jerusalem)

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The Mount of Beatitudes Church in Galilee, Israel. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)


Inside the Mount of Beatitudes Church in Galilee, Israel. (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Professor Gershom Gorenberg at the Mount of Beatitudes Church. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

A woman reads the bible outside the Mount of Beatitudes Church. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

French Christian Catholic pilgrims at the Mount of the Beatitudes Church (Mariana Cristancho-Ahn/Journey to Jerusalem)

The entrance of the Mount of Beatitudes Church (Sunil Joshi/Journey to Jerusalem)

A town near the Sea of Galilee in Israel. (Sam Petulla/Journey to Jerusalem)

Rabbi Yehuda Gil'ad gives a talk on Religious Zionism at the Kibbutz Lavi in Galilee. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

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Walking through the gorge at Petra, Jordan. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

The Treasury at Petra, Jordan discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Worshippers from Horizon Christian Fellowship listen to a sermon at Petra, Jordan. Some believe this is the spot where Moses drew water from a rock. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Camels waiting for customers at Petra, Jordan. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

Ruins of the theater at Petra, Jordan. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Donkeys, the most common mode of transport for visitors headed to the monastery at Petra. (Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Visitors look on at the monastery, believed to be a Nabatean Temple at Petra. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

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Sam Petulla chats with Prince Hassan of Jordan during a visit to a school. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Prince Hassan of Jordan leads the class to a visit to a school. With him to his right, is Professor Ari Goldman. (Lim Wui Liang/Covering Religion)

St George's Church in Madaba, Jordan. (Omar Kasrawi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Inside the St George's Church at Madaba, Jordan. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

The mosaic map of the Middle East on the floor of the St George's Church in Madaba, Jordan. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

View from the top of Mount Nebo in Jordan. (Sommer Saadi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Reporters from the Covering Religion class take a break at Mount Nebo. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

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East Amman in Jordan. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Boys at the King Hussein Mosque in Amman, Jordan. (Sunil Joshi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Boy with his family inside a car in East Amman, Jordan. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Rory Kress at the King Hussein Mosque in Amman, Jordan. (Sunil Joshi/Journey to Jerusalem)

Jordanian Media Institute student Abeer Al-Kalouti (left) and Sanaz Meshkinpour at the King Hussein Mosque in Amman. (Mamta Badkar/Journey to Jerusalem)

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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Maia Efrem/Journey to Jerusalem)

Visitors at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. (Lim Wui Liang/Journey to Jerusalem)

Beads adorn a cafe inside the Grand Bazaar. (Sunil Joshi/Journey to Jerusalem)

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