Ramat Beit HaKerem ( he, רמת בית הכרם, ''lit.'' Beit HaKerem Heights) is a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

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, ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. It was established in 1991 on a hill between Beit HaKerem to the north, the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University to the east, and

Bayit VeGan Bayit VeGan ( he, בית וגן, lit. ''House and Garden'') is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. Bayit VeGan is located to the east of Mount Herzl and borders the neighborhoods of Kiryat HaYovel and Givat Mordechai. History Bronze Age A 4,0 ...

to the southwest.

History

In 1951,

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built a munitions factory on some of the land that became Ramat Beit HaKerem. It closed down in 1997, but environmental groups say the ground is polluted with toxic chemicals despite clean-up attempts. Ramat Beit HaKerem, Beit HaKerem,

Givat Beit HaKerem Givat Beit HaKerem ( he, גבעת בית הכרם lit. ''Beit HaKerem’s Hills'') is a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is located in the west part of Jerusalem. The neighborhood is bordered by Beit HaKerem, Ramat Beit HaKerem, Givat Ram ...

, and

Yefeh Nof Yefeh Nof ( he, יפה נוף) is a neighborhood in west Jerusalem, founded in 1929. Together with Ramat Beit HaKerem and Givat Beit HaKerem, it is part of the larger Beit HaKerem neighborhood. Its name is one of the seventy poetic names the H ...

neighborhoods are sometimes considered one "ultra neighborhood" called "Beit HaKerem Rabati" (''lit.'' Greater Beit HaKerem). The master plan for the neighborhood includes 2,500 apartments.Jerusalem Neighborhoods
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History

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