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12-663: Baqa may refer to: Baka, Jerusalem , neighborhood in Jerusalem Baqa al-Gharbiyye , Arab city in Israel Baqa ash-Sharqiyya , Palestinian town in West Bank Baqat al-Hatab , Palestinian village in West Bank Baqa'a refugee camp , an UNRWA Palestine refugee camp near Amman, Jordan See also [ edit ] Baqaa Bakkah [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

24-598: A religious high school for girls. Ulpan Etzion, Israel's first Hebrew-language school, was established in Baka in 1949. The ulpan , directed by Mordechai Kamerat, was used as a model for Hebrew language teaching all over Israel. In 2008, the school vacated its college-style dormitories, communal rooms and gardens after the lease expired with the Carmelite Church that owned the property. The Train Track Park ( Park HaMesila ),

36-589: A significant change as middle class professionals began to move in. Many of the palatial homes were renovated, while some of the larger mansions from the Mandate period were subdivided into luxury apartments. Demographically, the neighborhood contains a mix of religious and secular Jews and is popular among English and French-speaking immigrants. The main commercial street, Derech Beit Lehem, is lined with shops, designer stores, coffee houses, restaurants and more. Schools in Baka include Oranim, Efrata, Geulim A, and Pelech ,

48-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Baka, Jerusalem The neighborhood is somewhat trapezoidal, sandwiched between Derech Hevron on the east at 760 meters above sea level and sloping downward toward Derech HaRakevet and General Pierre Koenig Street on the western side at 740 meters. The old Jerusalem Railway Station occupies

60-576: The completion of the Jerusalem Railway Station. The station created the nucleus of a commercial center that eventually attracted mostly wealthy Muslim, Christian, and Armenian families from the Old City, who built mansions there in the 1920s. The neighborhood had an agricultural character until the 1950s. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the neighborhood was left on the Israeli (western) side of

72-463: The dividing line between West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem . Its population changed, as was the case with many neighborhoods on both sides of the dividing line. After 1948, many streets in Baka were renamed for the Twelve Tribes of Israel : Judah, Issachar, Levi, Zevulun, Reuven, Shimon, Gad, Ephraim, Menashe, Benjamin, Dan, Asher and Naphtali. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Baka experienced

84-571: The longest bike path in Jerusalem and one of the major recreation areas in the city, runs along Derech HaRekevet on the western edge of Baka. Pelech (School) Pelech ( Hebrew : פלך ) is a high school for religious girls located in the Baka neighborhood in Jerusalem , Israel . Alice Shalvi , a British-raised professor of English literature at Hebrew University of Jerusalem , is credited with turning

96-473: The north-eastern point with Rivka Street forming the southern base. Baka is bounded by Abu Tor to the northeast, Talpiot to the east, Talpiot Industrial Zone to the south, Mekor Chaim to the west, and the Greek Colony and German Colony to the northwest. The north-south Derech Beit Lehem serves as the major commercial artery within the neighborhood. Baka was established in the late 19th century after

108-422: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baqa&oldid=1131297912 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

120-632: The school into one of Jerusalem's most prestigious high schools. Pelech was founded by Rabbi Shalom Rosenblüth and his wife Penina as an alternative to the Beis Yaakov girls' educational system, but was banned by the Haredi establishment soon after its establishment. It first opened in the clubhouse of the Bnei Akiva youth movement in Pardes Hannah in 1963. When Rosenblüth and his wife relocated to Jerusalem,

132-662: The school moved with them to Bayit Vegan . From the outset, the school curriculum included Talmud as a compulsory subject, a revolutionary step in the Israeli religious educational system, where girls did not study Talmud. After the Six-Day War , the school was given an abandoned building on Mount Zion . The student population totaled 50 girls. Rosenblüth taught Talmud, mathematics and physics, and his wife taught English. Other teachers were Rabbi Yehuda Amital , Rabbi Mordechai Breuer , Professor André Neher and Dr. Hananel Mack. The school, facing financial and other difficulties,

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144-537: Was on the brink of closure in 1975, when Alice Shalvi, who had come to appreciate the school's philosophy, volunteered her services for a limited period. She served as principal for the next 15 years, until 1990. After Shalvi‘s departure, Shira Breuer, continued leading the school for the next 25 years. In 2008, Pelech topped a Ministry of Education list of schools with the highest number of students graduating with honors. Classes include divinity studies and enhanced general studies. Majoring in both physics and Talmud

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