Samaritan museum

This item appears on page 68 of the March 2010 issue.

Israel’s Museum of the Good Samaritan (phone 02 541 7555) has opened on the Jerusalem/Dead Sea Road, several miles east of Ma’ale Adumim. Along with many mosaics, some from Samaritan synagogues, there are religious artifacts and items from cave dwellings. Open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.