<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpacee792byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Gillett & Johnston installed a 35-bell carillon in the tower of the YMCA in Jerusalem in 1930. Eijsbouts added a bass bell during an overhaul in 2018. It is played regularly.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Harrington installed a set of 8 tubular bells in Christ Church, Jerusalem (date unknown), and a recent photo of the building suggests that they may still be there.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpacee792bsignature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1-314-821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span class="ydpb3b8dea8pasted-link"><span class="ydp73140da6pasted-link">Webmaster for www.TSCChapter134.org</span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<br></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 06:10:26 PM CST, oliver Lee via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
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Little bit of a strange question but are there any english bells in the Holy land (i.e jerusalem and bethlehem?), I know that st george's cathedral in jerusalem has an appropriately large tower for a ring of bells but I haven't come across any documentation
that explicitly mentions what there is up there which makes me wonder if it's one of those cases where the tower was provided but the bells where never installed thanks to monetary constraints!. It does surprise me that the holy land has never had any ringable
towers but seeing that German missionaries where very popular in that part of the world during the late 19<sup>th</sup> century I think this might explain why places like the church of the the holy sepulchre have bells hung for swing chiming, nevertheless
it's something that's always interested me hence my query</div>
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