Geula

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

<p>Geula was established in 1927–28. It was originally a mixed neighborhood of secular and religious Jews. The British consul to Jerusalem, <a href="/facts/James_Finn/ATU3foDA">James Finn</a>, built his home in the area in 1855, employing <a href="/facts/Jewish/T9Y4wE6A">Jewish</a> labor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> It was the third building constructed outside the walls of the <a href="/facts/Old_City_(Jerusalem)/QemJTgls">Old City</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> 
</p><p>Geula was developed by banker Avraham Chasidoff (founder of Israel Discount Bank) who named the main street after his eldest daughter, Geula.<a href="https://col.org.il/news/112784">Interview with Geula </a> 
</p><p>Geula was named for the neighborhood's main street, Geula Street, now <a href="/facts/Malkhei_Yisrael_Street/Y6JYvmxL">Malkhei Yisrael Street</a>. Geula Street was the commercial center for various local communities such as <a href="/facts/Kerem_Avraham/7DJyGLW4">Kerem Avraham</a>, Yagiya Kapayim, <a href="/facts/Zikhron_Moshe/qrVTQcIq">Zikhron Moshe</a>, Batei Horenstein, and the Achva neighborhood. Today these communities are collectively known as the Geula neighborhood.  Malkhei Yisrael Street is lined with dozens of small shops. The neighborhood is home to many <a href="/facts/Yeshiva/E8yTb98u">yeshivas</a> and <a href="/facts/Synagogue/yt6f6nJa">synagogues</a>.
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<h2 id="landmarks">Landmarks</h2>

<p>Kikar HaShabbat is the main intersection. The <a href="/facts/Zion_Blumenthal_Orphanage/VtMkwkLK">Zion Blumenthal Orphanage</a>, founded in 1900,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and Camp Schneller – formerly the <a href="/facts/Schneller_Orphanage/KbPRkNSQ">Schneller Orphanage</a>, founded in 1860 – became part of Geula as the neighborhood expanded. The <a href="/facts/Ger_(Hasidic_dynasty)/BQMUeBXq">Gur</a> yeshiva, with a <a href="/facts/Beit_midrash/YuzCszur">beit midrash</a> of 10,000 seats, is also in Geula.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The neighborhood is also home to Kretshme, Jerusalem's first Haredi <a href="/facts/Bar_(establishment)/fCYC4DuR">bar</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="notable-residents">Notable residents</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ada_Yonath/EpgtjydQ">Ada Yonath</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Goshen-Gottstein, Esther R.: <i>Growing up in “Geula”: Socialization and family living in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish subculture</i>. In: Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Vol 21(1), 1984, 37–55.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li>Yaffi Spodek and Josh Tapper: <a href="http://archives.jrn.columbia.edu/2010/coveringreligion.org/indexfc28.html?p=1192">Get Your Kosher Ice Cream: A New Parlor Draws Crowds and Critics</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120315083634/http://archives.jrn.columbia.edu/2010/coveringreligion.org/indexfc28.html?p=1192">Archived</a> 2012-03-15 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Journey to Jerusalem</i>, 24 April 2010.</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Ari Lewis: History of Jerusalem – Kerem Avraham, Jewish Magazine, January 2008. <a href="http://www.jewishmag.com/120mag/kerem_avraham/kerem_avraham.htm" target="_blank">http://www.jewishmag.com/120mag/kerem_avraham/kerem_avraham.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Jerusalem neighborhoods Archived 2022-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, Eiferman Properties Ltd. <a href="http://www.eifermanrealty.com/JerusalemNeighborhoods.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.eifermanrealty.com/JerusalemNeighborhoods.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Rossoff, Dovid (2001). Where Heaven Touches Earth: Jewish life in Jerusalem from medieval times to the present (6 ed.). Feldheim Publishers. p. 392. ISBN 0873068793. <a href="0873068793" target="_blank">0873068793</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Jerusalem neighborhoods Archived 2022-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, Eiferman Properties Ltd. <a href="http://www.eifermanrealty.com/JerusalemNeighborhoods.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.eifermanrealty.com/JerusalemNeighborhoods.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Heller, Moshe (22 February 2015). "Jerusalem gets its first haredi bar". Ynetnews. <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4629407,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4629407,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Livia Bitton-Jackson: Israeli women of science Archived 2022-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Press, 11 November 2009 <a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/41431/" target="_blank">http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/41431/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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