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History of Baka Neighborhood
Until 1948, the Baka neighborhood was an Arab neighborhood with large
and beautiful houses. Each house had two floors, one for the parents and
another for the children.
After the establishment of the State of Israel, poor Jews from the Old City
came to the neighborhood, as well as new immigrants from Europe and the
East. The immigrants called the neighborhood "Ge’ulim", from the word
"Ge'ula" (redemption).
For a long time, Baka was a poor neighborhood with a lot of crime, but
today Baka is a special and pretty neighborhood with quiet streets and lots
of plants. The streets in Baka are called by the names of the Judges and the
12 tribes.
Today many Jews from the United States and France live in the
neighborhood. In Baka religious and secular Jews live together, and there
are many schools and Orthodox and Conservative synagogues there.
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