Givat Mordechai

Givat Mordechai is a Jewish neighborhood in southwest-central , midway between the neighborhoods of Nayot and . The neighborhood was named after an American philanthropist, Maxwell Abbell of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 5,440 residents
  • Description: Neighborhood in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Giv’at Mordekhai”, “Giv‘at Mordekhay”, “Giv`at Mordekhay”, and “Givat Mordekhay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Israel Museum and Hebrew language academy.

Museum
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.

College
Photo: דניאל צבי, Public domain.
The Academy of the Hebrew Language was established by the government in 1953 as the "supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem of campus." Its stated aims are to assemble and research…

Museum
Photo: Adiel lo, Public domain.
The is an archaeological museum in , that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians, Persians and Jews.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nayot and Bayit VeGan.

Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood in south-central established in 1960 by a group of English-speaking immigrants. The neighborhood's population of 2,223 includes a mix of families, young children, and older adults.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in southwest . It is located to the east of , and borders the neighborhoods of and Givat Mordechai.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Katamon or Qatamon, officially known as Gonen, is a neighborhood in south-central . It is built next to an old Greek Orthodox monastery, believed to have been constructed on the home and the tomb of Simeon from the Gospel of Luke.

Givat Mordechai

Latitude
31.7627° or 31° 45′ 46″ north
Longitude
35.19683° or 35° 11′ 49″ east
Population
5,440
Elevation
725 metres (2,379 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ57W+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278478009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
294990
Wiki­data ID
Q2901594
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Givat Mordechai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جفعات مردخاي”
  • Catalan: “Givat Mordechai”
  • Czech: “Giv’at Mordechai”
  • Czech: “Giv’at Mordechaj”
  • Czech: “Givat Mordechaj”
  • French: “Givat Mordechai”
  • German: “Givʿat Mordechai”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת מרדכי”
  • Indonesian: “Givat Mordechai”
  • Turkish: “Givat Mordechai”
  • Yiddish: “גבעת מרדכי”

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