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Mea Shearim
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<p>Mea Shearim is one of the oldest Ashkenazi neighborhoods in <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a> outside of the <a href="/facts/Old_City_(Jerusalem)/QemJTgls">Old City</a>. It is populated by <a href="/facts/Ashkenazi_Jews/B9PIYy71">Ashkenazi</a> <a href="/facts/Haredi_Judaism/PzglLelQ">Haredi Jews</a>, and was built by members of the <a href="/facts/Old_Yishuv/86CcgXCR">Old Yishuv</a>. </p>