Kiryat Moshe

Kiryat Moshe is a neighborhood in , named for the British Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore. Kiryat Moshe is bordered by and .
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Kiriat Moshe”, “Kiryas Moshe”, “Montefiore”, “Qiryat Moshe”, and “Shekhunat Montefiore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Machon Meir Yeshiva and The National Library.

Synagogue
Photo: Boaz Gabriel Canhoto, CC BY 3.0.
Machon Meir is a Religious Zionist yeshiva and Jewish outreach organization in Kiryat Moshe, . Founded in 1974 by Rabbi Dov Bigon following the Yom Kippur War, it became one of the early institutions of the Religious Zionist teshuva movement.

Library
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of Israel, formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of and of Jewish heritage.

Museum
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The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat Shaul and Beit HaKerem.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of and north of Kiryat Moshe. stands 820 meters above sea level.

Suburb
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is a largely secular upscale neighborhood in southwest . It is located between Kiryat Moshe to the northwest and to the south. has a population of 15,000.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in central . It is the site of , which includes many of Israel's most important national institutions, among them the Knesset, the , the Supreme Court, Bank of Israel, , , one of the campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and many government ministries' offices.

Kiryat Moshe

Latitude
31.78506° or 31° 47′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.19439° or 35° 11′ 40″ east
Elevation
796 metres (2,612 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ5PV+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477772
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
281177
Wiki­data ID
Q2916142
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yiddish—“Kiryat Moshe” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Moše”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • French: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Hebrew: “קריית משה”
  • Hebrew: “קרית משה”
  • Indonesian: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Ladino: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Norwegian: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Portuguese: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat Moshe”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat Moshé”
  • Turkish: “Kiryat Moşe”
  • Yiddish: “קריית משה”
  • Yiddish: “קרית משה”

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