Mekor Baruch

[6] The name of the neighborhood was based on the words Yehi mekorkha baruch ("Let your fountain be blessed") in Proverbs 5:18.

[10] Before 1948, Mekor Baruch was considered upscale and was home to Eastern European Labor Party members and Holocaust survivors.

[4] After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, large numbers of Jewish refugees from Eastern lands moved into the area[11] and the buildings became rundown.

[13] The neighborhood houses clinics for three out of the four Israeli health maintenance organizations: Clalit, Meuhedet, and Leumit.

[12] Built in the 1950s by the Jerusalem Economic Corporation,[3] the multi-story complex is home to about 40 companies[17] engaged in light industry, including manufacturers of diamonds,[18] pencils,[3] and Judaica,[19] the MA’AS Rehabilitation Center and Sheltered Workshop,[20] and printing establishments,[3] including the Hebrew language Hamodia daily newspaper.

Clalit Health Clinic (right) in Mekor Baruch. The bell tower of Schneller Orphanage can be seen at far left.
Street in Mekor Baruch
The Ohel Rahel synagogue on David Yellin Street.
Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva on Rashi Street.
A plaque on a new apartment building marks the site where Rabbi Solomon Eliezer Alfandari lived until 1930.