The Old City’s Jewish Quarter is home to the Burnt House, the once-stately manor of an upper class Jewish family of the priestly caste in Second Temple Jerusalem. Inside you’ll find a small collection of period antiquities within the visible remnants of the house itself, including earthenware inscribed with the family’s name. You’ll also be treated to an, ahem, enthusiastic film dramatization complete with simmering intrigue and hammy acting, of the doomed family’s last days as Jerusalem tore itself apart from within while the Romans lay in wait outside the gates.
