In 1875 Bak , together with Rabbi Shmuel Mordechai Warshavsky and under the auspices of Kollel Volhin , founded the Jewish neighborhood of Kirya Ne'emana , popularly known as '' Batei Nissan Bak '' ( " Nissan Bak Houses " ) . The neighborhood was originally intended for Hasidic Jews , but due to lack of financing , only 30 of the planned 60 houses were constructed . The remainder of the land was apportioned to several other groups : Syrian , Iraqi , and Persian Jews . In the 1890s another neighborhood , Eshel Avraham , was erected next to Kirya Ne'emana for Georgian and Caucasian Jews . These neighborhoods were virtually abandoned during the 1929 Palestine riots and the homes taken over by Christians and Muslims . The remaining Jewish residents left with the Arab takeover of East Jerusalem after 1948
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
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