Givat Oranim ( he, גבעת אורנים) is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

in southwestern Jerusalem, bordered by Katamon, Rassco, San Simon and Kiryat Shmuel. Givat Oranim was established after 1948. The area played an important part in the battle for the San Simon monastery during

1948 Palestine war The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. It is known in Israel as the War of Independence ( he, מלחמת העצמאות, ''Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut'') and ...

. It is populated by a mix of

national religious Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, the ...

and secular Jews. Large-scale building in 1991 included a project of 78 housing units combining high rise buildings and townhouses. In this neighborhood there was an attempt to assassinate the left-wing activist, Zeev Sternhell, by putting a bomb on his apartment door.Professor Zeev Sternhell lightly wounded by pipe bomb
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Notable residents

* Zeev Sternhell

References

{{Neighborhoods of Jerusalem Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem