Neve Granot is a neighborhood in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
located behind the
Israel Museum, overlooking the
Monastery of the Cross
The Monastery of the Cross ( ar, دير الصليب, ''Dayr al-Salīb''; he, מנזר המצלבה; ka, ჯვრის მონასტერი, ''jvris monast'eri'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot
Nayot ( he, נָיו ...
.
Neve Granot is named for
Avraham Granot, a
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
activist and signatory of the
Israeli Declaration of Independence who went on to become head of the
Jewish National Fund. The
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, ( he, מכון שכטר למדעי היהדות, ''Machon Schechter'') located in the Neve Granot neighborhood of Jerusalem, is an Israeli academic institution.
History
Founded in 1984 by the Jewish Theolo ...
in Neve Granot built its new campus there, designed by Israeli architect Ada Carmi.
The Israeli architectural genome
Haaretz
References
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Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem