Mechon Kerem

Mechon Kerem is a college in Jerusalem District, Israel. Mechon Kerem is situated nearby to the park Meir Sherman Garden, as well as near the theater building Beit Avi Hai.

Type: College
Description: institute founded in 1974 in Jerusalem by Alliance Israélite Universelle, to train teachers in a humanistic and Jewish education
Also known as: “Kerem Institute, Jerusalem”
Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Independence Park and Israel Museum.

Independence Park

Park

Independence Park is a municipal park in Jerusalem bounded by Agron Street, King George Street, Hillel Street, and Menashe Ben Yisrael Street. It is Jerusalem's second largest park. Independence Park is situated 150 metres southeast of Mechon Kerem.

Israel Museum

Museum

Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Israel Museum is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. Israel Museum is situated 1½ km southwest of Mechon Kerem.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church

Photo: jlascar, CC BY 2.0.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre is situated 1¼ km east of Mechon Kerem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and West Jerusalem.

Nahalat Shiva

Neighborhood

Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in Jerusalem. It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.

West Jerusalem

Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.