Givat Oranim is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, bordered by Katamon, Rassco

Rassco

Rassco is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel, built by the Rassco housing company. Rassco is located between Rehavia and Katamon.Young families moving into the neighborhood have planted a communal garden as part of a wider initiative in Jerusalem to cultivate interest in nature and...

, San Simon and Kiryat Shmuel.

Givat Oranim was established after 1948. The area played an important part in the battle for the San Simon monastery during Israel's War of Independence. It is populated by a mix of national religious

Modern Orthodox Judaism

Modern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world....

 and secular Jews

Jews

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. Large-scale building in 1991 included a project of 78 housing units combining high rise buildings and townhouses.

In this neighborhood there was an attempt to assassinate the left-wing activist, Zeev Sternhell

Zeev Sternhell

Zeev Sternhell is an Israeli historian and one of the world's leading experts on Fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and writes for Haaretz newspaper.-Biography:...

, by putting a bomb on his apartment door.