Mekor Haim

Mekor Chaim is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. It was named for Haim Cohen, a wealthy Jewish businessman who donated large sums of money toward the purchase of land in Jerusalem before World War I.

Type: Suburb
Description: neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem
Also known as: “Mekor Chaim”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadar Mall and Matan.

Hadar Mall

Shopping center

Photo: Rutifier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hadar Mall is a shopping center.

Matan

College

Photo: אורי מ., CC0.

The Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies is an Israeli Midrasha dedicated to teaching the Talmud and other rabbinic literature to women. The institute was established in 1988 by Malke Bina, who had studied at the Michlala Jerusalem College for Women and the Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University.

Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Public building

Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was established in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between Israeli scholars in the sciences and humanities and create a think tank for advising the government on research projects of national importance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talpiot and Greek Colony.

Talpiot

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Talpiot is an Israeli neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem, established in 1922 by Zionist pioneers. It was built as a garden suburb on land purchased by the Tel Aviv-based Palestine Land Development Company and other Jewish building societies.