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Mea Shearim (Hebrew: מאה שערים, lit., "hundred gates"; contextually, "a hundred fold", Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish pronounciation: Meye Shorim) is one of the oldest Ashkenazi neighborhoods in Jerusalem outside of the Old City.
Jan 8, 2024 · Meah Shearim is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, known for its religious and cultural traditions. The neighborhood was established in 1874 as the fifth settlement outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Oct 5, 2017 · Mea Shearim remains today loyal to its old customs and preserves its isolation in the heart of Jerusalem while trying to stave off the modern world; it is, in a way, frozen in time.
Aug 3, 2019 · The neighbourhood of Mea She’arim, built in 1874, is near the Old City of Jerusalem (it is named after its “100 gates”). Today its narrow streets are a stronghold for the Haredim,...
Founded in 1874, Mea Shearim was the fifth Jewish neighborhood outside Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Aug 22, 2021 · Meah Shearim & Geula are neighborhoods that border the city center- they may be physically close to the city centre but culturally, they are worlds apart.Ultra Orthodox Jews inhabit these neighborhoods and lead very insular lives.
Oct 3, 2014 · This exclusive excerpt tells the story of a young cop, Hanan, who was sent undercover into the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in the early 1970s, posing as a non-Orthodox Jew seeking...
