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Beginner Level – רמה מתחילה
History of Baka Neighborhood
Until 1948, Baka is an Arab neighborhood with large and beautiful houses.
In Arab houses there are two floors – a floor for parents and a floor for
children.
After 1948, poor Jews from the Old City come to the neighborhood, and
also new immigrants. The immigrants give the neighborhood a new name -
"Ge’ulim", from the word "Ge'ula" (redemption).
For a long time, Baka is a poor neighborhood, and people don't like to live
in it. But today Baka is a special and pretty neighborhood with pleasant
streets. The streets in Baka are named after important people from the bible.
Today many Jews from the United States and France live in the
neighborhood. In Baka religious and secular people live together, and there
are many schools, and Orthodox and Conservative synagogues here.
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