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Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem


Kiryat Sanz (Hebrew: קריית צאנז‎‎) is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the northwestern part of Jerusalem.

The neighborhood was established in 1965 by Jewish immigrants from Sanz in Galicia, largely as a center for their followers.

The neighborhood is bordered by the neighborhoods Kiryat Belz and Ezrat Torah.

Rabbi Dov Berel Weiss, son-in-law of the first Klausenburger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, was the Gaon Av Beth Din of Kiryat Sanz.

Coordinates: 31°47′53″N 35°12′40″E / 31.797983°N 35.211031°E / 31.797983; 35.211031


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