Jerusalem as it is God's chosen City:
1 Kings 11:36New King James Version (NKJV)36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
Four cities were considered holy because of their being in the Holy Land, their relatively large Jewish community and their concentration of Torah-scholars. Three of them were: Tiberias, Zefat, and Hebron.
The fourth, and the holiest, was and remains Jerusalem:
There are not two, but four holy cities in Judaism. In order of holiness, they are: Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias, all of which are in either Israel or the West Bank. These cities were considered holy because of their being in the Holy Land, their relatively large Jewish community and their concentration of Torah-scholars.
Additionally, the Land of Israel (which is most of Israel and the West Bank) is also considered the holy land in general.
There are a number of Jewish Holy Sites even if the entire city is not holy. Some Jewish Holy Sites include the Western Wall in Jerusalem and the entire Old City, the Cave of the Ramban, the "City of David", David's Burial Ground at Mount Zion, the Tomb of Samuel just north of Jerusalem, the city of Hebron and the nearby the Cave of Machpelah, Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, the tombs of Pinehas and the Elders of the Great Assembly at Awarta, and Rachel's tomb outside of Bethlehem. There are also special historic synagogues in Safed, tombs of the righteous throughout the Middle East, and several other minor markers.
However, most Jewish thoughts go to Jerusalem.
General Information
Jews consider all of Israel to be holy land, but there are also specific places that they believe are additionally holy. There are four holy cities in the Land of Israel: Jerusalem, Hebron (in the Palestinian Territories), Sefad, and Tiberius.
Western Wall and Temple Mount Complex
In Jerusalem is the holiest site of all: the Western Wall, or Kotel: the western retaining wall of the Second Temple. The Holy Temple itself (1 Kings ch.6-8), which stood in Jerusalem, was destroyed in the year 68 CE. However, contrary to popular perception, the Western (Wailing) Wall is not the most holy site in-and-of-itself. It is only part of the entire Temple Mount which is the actual most holy site in Judaism. Judaism anticipates a future rebuilding of a Third Temple as per the book of Ezekiel. As it is considered the interface between the spiritual and physical worlds, all Jewish prayers are directed there (Talmud, Berakhot 30a). If a Jew lives West of the Temple Mount, they face East when in prayer. If a Jew lives South of the Temple Mount, they face North when they pray. People come to the site to pray as well and it is an amazing experience to be there.
Four Main Holy Cities
In addition to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount Complex, there are numerous other Jewish holy sites in the four holy cities, listed below by city:
Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine):
Jerusalem, Safed, Hebron, Tiberius. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is only one holy city in Judaism, and that is Jerusalem, Israel.
(Although the country of Israel is also considered the holy land).
There is one holy city: Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
Judaism is not a sacred text, it is a religion and that religion happens to have a sacred text. To learn more about Judaism's Sacred Text, read the Related Question.
No. The cow is the sacred animal in Hinduism, not Judaism.
Mecca
The Torah
Judaism accepts parts of the Christian Bible as sacred, but treats the entire Jewish Bible as sacred.
Judaism
No. The sacred writing of Judaism is the Bible, also called the Tanakh. The Vedas are one of several Hindu Holy Books.
Judaism has no sacred people. All people are equal in God's eyes. There are different classes of people in Judaism; Cohen - priests, Levites and regular Israelites.
What is sacred to both are the Torah, Psalms, and the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Old Testament is sacred to Judaism
Yes.
the Western Wall in Jerusalem.