French Carmel

French Carmel (Hebrew: כרמל צרפתי‎) is a neighbourhood of Haifa (Israel), located on the western slopes of Mount Carmel. The population is predominantly Jewish.[1]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery for nuns

Name

The name "French Carmel" was given to the area due to the fact that the Discalced Carmelites were only able to acquire an Ottoman building permit for the monastery they erected here in 1867-74 thanks to the intervention of the French consul,[2] and after its destruction they rebuilt the Stella Maris Monastery in the current shape between 1827–1836 with constant support from the kings of France.[3]

Notable institutions

The French Carmel is the home of the Stella Maris Monastery[4] and the Leo Baeck High School.[5]

References
  1. Faier, Elizabeth (2005). Organizations, Gender, and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in Haifa, Israel. Routledge. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-415-94951-4. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. "Elijah Prophet Cave on Mount Carmel". Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. "Klasztor karmelitów bosych Stella Maris [Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites Stella Maris], from Silvano Giordano (OCD), "Il carmelo in Terra Santa dalle origini ai giorni nostri" [Carmel in the Holy Land: From Its Beginnings to the Present Day], 1994, Sagep, Genova" (in Polish). Krakow Province of the Discalced Carmelites. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. "Haifa Trail, Section 18: Carmel Headland and Stella Maris". Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. "History of Leo Baeck". Leobaeck.org.il. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2012.


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