Neve Barbur is a neighborhood of
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...
, Israel, named after
Walworth Barbour
Walworth "Wally" Barbour (June 4, 1908 – July 21, 1982) was the United States Ambassador to Israel from 1961 to 1973.
Biography
A graduate of Harvard University, Barbour was one of the longest serving American diplomats in a foreign post, ...
, and located in the southeastern part of the city.
Neve Barbur was built in the 1970s, along with similar neighborhoods, after parts of
Kfar Shalem (formerly
Salama
Salama or Salamah may refer to:
People
Given name
* Umm Salama (circa 596–680), wife of Muhammad
* Salama Abu Hashim, one of the companions of Muhammad
* Umm Salama bint Ya'qub al-Makhzumi, Arab nobility and principal wife of Arab caliph al ...
) were evicted of their Jewish population. In contrast to now neighboring Kfar Shalem, Neve Barbur is a high rise neighborhood.
References
Neighborhoods of Tel Aviv
{{TelAviv-stub