Yefeh Nof is a neighborhood in west Jerusalem, founded in 1929. Together with Ramat Beit HaKerem

Ramat Beit HaKerem

Ramat Beit Hakerem is a Jewish neighborhood in west Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1991, on a tall hill, between Beit Hakerem to its north, the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University to its east and Bait VeGan to its south-west. The meaning of its name is Beit Hakerem’s Heights...

 and Givat Beit HaKerem

Givat Beit HaKerem

Givat Beit HaKerem is a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is located in the west part of Jerusalem.The neighborhood is bordered by the neighborhoods Beit HaKerem, Ramat Beit HaKerem, Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bayit VeGan....

, it is part of the larger Beit HaKerem

Beit HaKerem

Beit HaKerem may refer to:* Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem, a neighborhood in west-central Jerusalem* Beit HaKerem , a biblical fortress in Judea identified by many with the later Herodium site...

 neighborhood. Its name is one of the seventy poetic names the Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...

 uses for Jerusalem (Psalms

Psalms

The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...

 48:3), and literally means "a place with a beautiful view".

Character of the neighborhood

The neighborhood is characterized by spaced building of three stories height, and a few cottages. At an elevation of 775 meters above sea level, the neighborhood offers views toward the Jerusalem forest

Jerusalem Forest

The Jerusalem Forest is a pine forest located in the Judean Mountains west of Jerusalem. It is surrounded by the Jerusalem neighborhoods Beit HaKerem, Yefe Nof, Ein Kerem, Har Nof, Givat Shaul, and a moshav, Beit Zeit. The forest was planted during the 1950s by the Jewish National Fund, financed by...

 which resides in a nearby valley.

Institutions

• Yad Sarah
  Yad Sarah
  Yad Sarah is currently the largest Israeli national volunteer organization, aiding disabled, elderly and housebound people and aimed at making home care possible...
  
  's main offices are on Herzl Boulevard
• The Yefeh Nof School