Kirya Ne'emana ( , " Faithful City " ) , commonly known as Batei Nissan Bak ( , " Nissan Beck Houses " ) was a historical Hasidic Jewish neighborhood established opposite Damascus Gate in the New City of Jerusalem in 1875 . In the 1880s and 1890s it was joined by additional housing for Syrian , Iraqi , Persian , Georgian , and Caucasian Jews . Most of the residents fled the area during the 1929 Palestine riots and their houses were taken over by Christians and Muslims . In the 2000s a handful of Jewish families reclaimed houses in the neighborhood
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Kirya Ne'emana