Jewish Quarter of Damascus
Historical Jewish section of the Old City of Damascus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jewish Quarter of Damascus (Arabic: حارة اليهود, DMG Ḥārat al-Yahūd) is the quarter in the southeastern part of the Old City of Damascus inhabited mainly by Jews until 1948. The other two quarters are the Muslim Quarter of Damascus [de] in the western half and the Christian Quarter of Damascus [de] (حارة النصارى, DMG Ḥārat an-Naṣārā) in the northeast of the Old City.