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[Neighborhood in Jerusalem] [31.798379] SANHEDRIA ([he]) is a neighborhood in
northern Jerusalem. It lies east of Golda Meir Street, adjacent to Ramat
Eshkol, Shmuel HaNavi, Maalot Dafna and the Sanhedria Cemetery.
** History
Sanhedria is named after the Tombs of the Sanhedrin, an elaborate underground
complex of rock-cut tombs constructed in the 1st century and thought to be the
burial place of the members of the Sanhedrin.[1]
Until 1967, Sanhedria was a frontier neighborhood adjacent to the Jordanian
border and dominated by privately owned Jewish agricultural plots. After the
Six Day War, construction of new housing led to an influx of newcomers from
the religious community who were attracted by the location, within walking
distance of the Old City and Western Wall (2 km). Many institutions were
built in the neighborhood.<ref name=flint>Shlomit Flint, Itzhak Benenson and
Nurit Alfasi: Between Friends and Strangers: Micro-Segregation in a Haredi
Neighborhood in Jerusalem (see
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235687377_Between_Friends_and_Strangers_Micro-Segregation_in_a_Haredi_Neighborhood_in_Jerusalem)
_City & Community_, June 2012.
The Sanhedria cemetery on the right and the entrance to the neighborhood on
the left Until the 1980s, the neighborhood was composed of Haredi,
National-Religious and secular Jewish families. Today most of the residents
are Haredi, covering several subgroups: Hasidim, Lithuanian Jews (27%) and
Sephardim. <ref name=flint />
** Further reading
- Sanhedriya – the northern border neighbouhood of Jerusalem: history, sites, people, and tour routes / Moshe Ehrnvald. Jerusalem: Yad Ben Zvi, 2016. (Hebrew)
** References
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[Sanhedria]
[Neighborhoods of Jerusalem]
[authority control]
Category:Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem Category:Populated places with year of
establishment missing