Ma'alot Dafna

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Ma'alot Dafna (Hebrew: מעלות דפנה) is an Israeli settlement[1] and a neighborhood[2] in East Jerusalem.

[1][3] It borders the neighborhood of Shmuel HaNavi to the west, Ammunition Hill to the east, Ramat Eshkol to the north and Arzei HaBira to the south.

[5][6] The neighborhood includes a sub-neighborhood called Arzei HaBira (Cedars of the Capitol), which was built on territory on the Israeli side of the armistice line before the war.

Most of the Anglo community consists of American Haredi couples who come to Israel for one or more years of kollel study at the nearby Mir yeshiva.

[5] Ma’alot Dafna is a small neighborhood, originally built for a population of 4,000 (1,400 apartments)[10]), by the contractor company “Shikun U'Pituakh”; chief of architects Y.