Zev Orenstein

a 2,000-year-old ancient soapbox, the only one of its kind found in Jerusalem. And you can imagine when those millions of pilgrims are going up to the temple, you can imagine the likes of whom 2,000 years ago would get up here and preach a religious message, a political message, an ethical message. This is where it's happening, with the shops and stalls all along the way.

a 2,000-year-old ancient soapbox, the only one of its kind found in Jerusalem. And you can imagine when those millions of pilgrims are going up to the temple, you can imagine the likes of whom 2,000 years ago would get up here and preach a religious message, a political message, an ethical message. This is where it's happening, with the shops and stalls all along the way.

This is the biblical superhighway, the beating heart of Jerusalem, 2,000 years ago.

This is the biblical superhighway, the beating heart of Jerusalem, 2,000 years ago.

This is the biblical superhighway, the beating heart of Jerusalem, 2,000 years ago.

Speaker's Corner, the original Hyde Park, right? Mm-hmm. for the Jewish people, for early Christianity. This is where the heritage, the values that have shaped Western civilization in many respects, playing out right where we're standing right here. It's hard to see a soapbox without wanting to climb it.

Speaker's Corner, the original Hyde Park, right? Mm-hmm. for the Jewish people, for early Christianity. This is where the heritage, the values that have shaped Western civilization in many respects, playing out right where we're standing right here. It's hard to see a soapbox without wanting to climb it.

Speaker's Corner, the original Hyde Park, right? Mm-hmm. for the Jewish people, for early Christianity. This is where the heritage, the values that have shaped Western civilization in many respects, playing out right where we're standing right here. It's hard to see a soapbox without wanting to climb it.