Abstract
Abstract This chapter provides contemporary and historical perspectives on Jewish pilgrimage. It reviews the tradition of Jewish pilgrimage to the ancient Temple, explains its purpose and meaning, and discusses the reasons for its termination. Modern pilgrimages to state-sponsored locations in Masada and to death camps in Poland such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdenek and Treblinka are then be presented. The third type reviewed is a grassroots pilgrimage to a venerated saint's shrine which lies in Israel's periphery. It is argued that the modern Jewish pilgrimage experience continues an ancient custom (in the State of Israel and by diaspora), and it now exhibits both spiritual and national dimensions.
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