In the middle of a park, in the middle of Jerusalem, sits a replica of the Liberty Bell. Because the area is named for it— Gan Ha-Pa’amon , Liberty Bell Park—it is often assumed that the bell was created specifically for that space. The true tale of Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell is far more interesting. In 1956, Richardson Dilworth, the mayor of Philadelphia, visited Israel. As a gift from his city, he brought an exact replica of the bell that had been cast in 1751 to mark the 50th anniversary of