Current Status
Today, the neighbourhood is a popular middle class suburb, with many new residents, both secular and religious, mainly due to its location in central Tel Aviv and the city's beaches. Several Yeshivot, Ulpanim and Kollels, as well as its famous eateries including "Zion" and "Medina" reside in the area. It is probably the biggest Yemenite Jewish community in the world and a rival to Marmorek, a neighborhood of Rehovot with a large Yemenite population, and is growing, aided by the linkage of the neighbourhood to the soon-to-be Tel Aviv Subway and widening of the roads within the center of the neighbourhood. It is described as a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, with a high level of educated and cultured Israelis. There are also many Ashkenazi, Italian and Sephardi Jews living in and around the outskirts of the neighbourhood.
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