Geula ( Hebrew : גאולה lit. Redemption ) is a neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem , populated mainly by Haredi Jews. Geula is bordered by Zikhron Moshe and Mekor Baruch on the west, the Bukharim neighborhood on the north, Mea Shearim on the east and the Jerusalem city center on the south.
6-514: Geula was established in 1927–28. It was originally a mixed neighborhood of secular and religious Jews. The British consul to Jerusalem, James Finn , built his home in the area in 1855, employing Jewish labor. It was the third building constructed outside the walls of the Old City . Geula was developed by banker Avraham Chasidoff (founder of Israel Discount Bank) who named the main street after his eldest daughter, Geula. Interview with Geula Geula
12-512: A home for himself there, now located in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood. It was the third building constructed outside the walls of the Old City. Finn also built cisterns for water storage and a soap factory that produced high quality soap sold to tourists. Finn also helped establish an experimental farm for poverty-stricken Jews from Jerusalem in the village of Artas outside Bethlehem . Finn
18-683: Is home to many yeshivas and synagogues . Kikar HaShabbat is the main intersection. The Zion Blumenthal Orphanage , founded in 1900, and Camp Schneller – formerly the Schneller Orphanage , founded in 1860 – became part of Geula as the neighborhood expanded. The Gur yeshiva, with a beit midrash of 10,000 seats, is also in Geula. The neighborhood is also home to Kretshme, Jerusalem's first Haredi bar . 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.78°N 35.21°E / 31.78; 35.21 James Finn James Finn (1806–1872)
24-465: The time. In 1853 purchased for £250 Karm al-Khalil (Arabic for "Abraham's Vineyard", lit. "vineyard of the loved one ", which in Hebrew became Kerem Avraham ) a barren piece of land outside the walls of the Old City . On this land, Finn established an agricultural training farm for Jews. The idea was providing the means for them to become productive citizens. In 1855, he employed Jewish labourers to build
30-634: Was a British Consul in Jerusalem , in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863). James Finn arrived in Palestine 1845 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn . Finn was a devout Christian who belonged to the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews , although he did not engage in missionary work during his years in Jerusalem. Finn was a great believer in productivity , an ideology very much in vogue at
36-462: Was named for the neighborhood's main street, Geula Street, now Malkhei Yisrael Street . Geula Street was the commercial center for various local communities such as Kerem Avraham , Yagiya Kapayim, Zikhron Moshe , 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
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