Tel Arza is a Hareidi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It is bordered by Ezrat Torah

Ezrat Torah

Ezrat Torah is a Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the north and east, and Tel Arza on the south.-History:...

 on the north and west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the East, and Bar Ilan St. and Yirmiyahu St. on the South.

Tel Arza was established in 1931, as part of the expansion experienced in the Old Yishuv

Old Yishuv

The Old Yishuv refers to the Jewish community that lived in the Land of Israel from the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE to the First Aliyah in 1881-82, prior to the onset of Zionist immigration....

 while recovering from the 1929 Palestine riots

1929 Palestine riots

The 1929 Palestine riots, also known as the Western Wall Uprising, the 1929 Massacres, , or the Buraq Uprising , refers to a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 when a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into violence...

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Its name is taken from the Mishna, where it is described as a place where Jews were murdered.