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These days, Mevaseret Zion is a well-to-do garden suburb, but it started life as an abode for new immigrants.

Mevaseret Zion
Photo by: Courtesy of Anglo-Saxon
Most large metropolitan centers are surrounded by suburbs that are not included in the boundaries of the city proper. Jerusalem is an exception: It has suburbs, but they don’t surround the city; due to political reasons, most of the suburbs are to the capital’s west.

One of these satellite towns is Mevaseret Zion, known popularly as “Mevaseret.” The town itself – an amalgamation of Mevaseret Yerushalayim and Maoz Zion – has approximately 26,000 inhabitants.

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