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15-576: In Talmudic times, Har Nof was an agricultural settlement that served Jerusalem. Remains of ancient wine presses, farmhouses, and terraces built 1,500 years ago have been unearthed on the outskirts of Har Nof. The first homes in modern Har Nof were built in the early 1980s. In 1984, the Bostoner Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowtiz, decided to establish a center in Har Nof in Jerusalem, which

30-548: A moshav , Beit Zeit . The forest was planted during the 1950s by the Jewish National Fund , financed by private donors. In the early years of the state, Jewish National Fund planted thousands of trees along the western edge of Jerusalem, creating a green belt . The first tree of the Jerusalem Forest was planted in 1956 by the second President of Israel , Itzhak Ben-Zvi . At its peak, the area of

45-511: A refuge for wildlife, and there are packs of jackals that inhabit the forest. Projects by the Jerusalem Municipality such as the planned Jerusalem Road 16 threaten the continued existence of the forest, which causes concern among environmental organizations and residents of Jerusalem, especially those living in the nearby neighborhoods. At the end of the 1990s, environmental organizations and residents organized to fight for

60-491: Is Yechaveh Da'at, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef 's synagogue and spiritual headquarters. On 18 November 2014, an attack occurred at the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue. Two Arab terrorists from East Jerusalem entered the synagogue with knives, a meat cleaver, and a pistol, inflicting heavy wounds on their victims who were at morning prayers , killing five and injuring eight - four of them seriously. In the ensuing gun battle,

75-490: Is located largely or entirely within an urban area and may be privately owned, a municipal forest is publicly owned and may well be outside the city or town to which it belongs. Most urban forests will be municipal forests, but many municipal forests are non-urban. In Germany municipal forests are usually corporate forests in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Forest Act (§ 3 Bundeswaldgesetz ). Among

90-503: Is the head of the Yachveh Da'at Kollel and the chief rabbi of Har Nof. Har Nof has a large number of synagogues , yeshivas , and Torah study institutions, among them are: Imrei Shefer, Boston Shul , Kehilat Zichron Yosef, Heichal Hatorah, Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok , Machon Shlomo , Yeshivat Lev Aharon , and Machon Yaakov . The campuses of Neve Yerushalayim and She'arim College of Jewish Studies for Women are located in Har Nof, as

105-644: The Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef , lived in Har Nof. Spiritual leaders of the Ashkenazi Haredi community who reside in Har Nof are Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch of the Edah HaChareidis ; the Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Mayer Alter Horowitz of Congregation Givat Pinchas (The Boston Shul); Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Har Nof's Machon Yaakov and Machon Shlomo yeshivas; and Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Rubin of Kehilat Bnei Torah. Rabbi David Yosef

120-590: The Orthodox Jewish sector. 31°47′05″N 35°10′30″E  /  31.78472°N 35.17500°E  / 31.78472; 35.17500 Jerusalem Forest The Jerusalem Forest is a municipal pine forest located in the Judean Mountains on the outskirts of Jerusalem . It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beit HaKerem , Yefe Nof , Ein Kerem , Har Nof and Givat Shaul , and

135-906: The best known municipal forests in Germany are the Tiergarten (210 ha) in Berlin, the Berlin City Forest (28,500 ha) which includes the Grunewald (ca. 3,000 ha) and Köpenick Forest (ca. 6,500 ha), the Frankfurt City Forest (3,866 ha), the Dresden Heath (6,133 ha) and the Rostock Heath (6,004 ha), which are some of the largest in the world. The Duisburg City Forest , together with

150-555: The foot of Har Nof lies the 1,200 dunam Jerusalem Forest ( Yaar Yerushalayim ), planted in the 1950s as a green lung around the city. The majority of the residents of Har Nof are Orthodox Jews , both Haredi and Dati Leumi . Many residents are olim (immigrants). The neighborhood has a large community of English-speaking olim , and notable French-speaking and Spanish-speaking communities. There are also communities of Ger and Vizhnitz Hasidim, as well many Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews . The former Sefardic chief rabbi and leader of

165-570: The forest covered 4,700 dunams (470 hectares). Over the years, the boundaries of the forest have receded due to urban expansion, and it now covers only 1,250 dunams (125 hectares). The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum is located in the forest below Mount Herzl . In the middle of the forest, between Yad Vashem and Ein Kerem, is Mercaz Tzippori, a youth hostel. On this same campus is the office of "The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace", an Israeli non-profit organization that runs educational programs promoting tolerance and coexistence. The forest acts as

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180-458: The future of the forest and its protection. 31°46′30″N 35°10′0″E  /  31.77500°N 35.16667°E  / 31.77500; 35.16667 Municipal forest A municipal forest or municipal woodland is a forest or wood owned by a town or city. Such woods often have a higher density of leisure facilities like play parks , restaurants and cafes, bridleways , cycle paths and footpaths . Unlike an urban forest , which

195-436: The two attackers were shot dead, and one of the policemen who attended the scene, a Druze , later died of his wounds. The neighborhood is linked to the city center by Kanfei Nesharim and Beit Hadfus Streets, with a number of bus lines providing public transportation. The residents of Har Nof founded Shomera, a non-profit environmental protection association to thwart the building of high-rise luxury towers that would block

210-453: The view of the Jerusalem Forest. Emergency medical care in Har Nof is provided by the volunteer group Hachovesh . Em Habanim is a volunteer organization founded in 1995 by Malka Yarom, a Har Nof resident who opened her home to religious divorcees who had nowhere to take their children on the Sabbath . The organization now has a membership of 300, and offers support to single-parent families in

225-428: Was instrumental in building up the neighborhood's Orthodox community. Har Nof is a terraced neighborhood on the slopes of a mountain that sits 813 meters (2667 feet) above sea level. Due to the topography, many of the multi-storey apartment buildings have entrances on both sides of the building – one to reach the lower floors, and another to reach the higher floors. Some streets are connected by long flights of stairs. At

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