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Nachlaot (, also Naḥlaʾoth) is a cluster of 32 neighbourhoods, many of them courtyard neighborhoods Ten things about Nahlaot in Globes (Hebrew). in central Jerusalem surrounding the Mahane Yehuda Market. It is known for its narrow, winding lanes, old-style housing, hidden courtyards and many small synagogues.
Neighborhoods in Nachlaot (plural of nachala, lit. "homestead") include Batei Broide (founded 1902), Batei Goral (founded 1885), Batei Minsk (1895), Batei Munkacs (1931), Batei Rand (1908), Batei Ya'akovson (1902), Bet Ya'acov (1877), Even Yisrael (1875, the oldest of the group), Knesset Yisrael (three neighbourhoods: Knesset A, B and C and founded in 1891, 1903 and 1925 respectively), Mahane Yehuda (1888), Mazkeret Moshe (1882), Mishkenot Yisrael (1876), Nachalat Achim (1892), Nahalat Yaakov (1927), Nahalat Zion (1891), Neve Bezalel (1924), Neve Shalom (1896), Ohel Moshe (1883), Ohel Shlomo (1891), Shaare Rahamim (1906), Shaare Zedek (1889), Sha'arei Yerushalayim (1891), Shevet Achim (1892), Shevet Zedek (1889), Sukkat Shalom (1888), Zikhron Ahim (1929), Zikhron Tuvya (1890), Zikhron Ya'acov (1933), and Zikhron Yosef (1931).
Former Israeli president Yitzhak Navon grew up in Ohel Moshe, and the neighborhood served as the inspiration for his play Bustan Sephardi (Sephardi Orchard). The Banai family, a famous family of actors and singers, lived in Nachlaot. A Syrian Jewish community settled in Nahalat Zion in 1891 and built the Ades Synagogue, which was completed in 1901. Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda outdoor market is located in Nachlaot. Rabbi Aryeh Levin, known as the "prisoners' rabbi" for his visits to members of the Jewish underground imprisoned in the Russian Compound, lived in Mishkenot Yisrael. Nahalat Ahim, south of Rehov Bezalel, was founded in 1925 for the Yemenite community. Jerusalem Post article
In the wake of gentrification in the area, housing prices have risen steeply.
The neighborhood includes the Ades Synagogue, Ades Congregation, the flagship of the Syrian Halebi community, as well as the synagogues located in the Knesset Yisrael (Beis Rachel), Batei Broide, Batei Munkatz and Batei Rand neighborhoods, following the tradition of Old Jerusalem, including followers of the Vilna Gaon as well as Hasidic tradition.
Or Zaruaa Synagogue, founded in 1926 by Rabbi Amram Aburbeh for the Ma'araviim Jewish congregation, also served as a yeshiva for religious students. The building located on 3 Shmuel Refaeli street in Nahalat Ahim neighborhood was declared a historic preservation site in 1989, under cultural heritage protection. Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, the chief rabbi of Erez Israel, appointed Aburbeh as chief rabbi of the Nachlaot neighbourhood from 1924 to 1951. He was succeeded by Rabbi Rahamim Levy, who served as Rav of Nachlaot until 2013.
The Romaniote Jews community of Jerusalem holds its religious services in the synagogue Beit Avraham Ve'ohel Sarah liKehilat Ioanina, which is also in Nachlaot. Ioanina's Jews: Remnants of a vibrant Romanioti community, 09/11/15. Retrieved on 22.07.2018
Yeshiva Sulam Yaakov was founded in 2006 by Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz; it serves, largely, the "Anglo" community.
Barbur Gallery is a nonprofit space originally opened in Nachlaot for contemporary art and artists, offering changing exhibitions, musical performances, movie screenings, video-art and art lectures. In 2020, the gallery relocated to the nearby Mamilla neighborhood.
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