Neve Tzedek

Neve tzedek - Neve Tsedek - Neve Zedek is the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Neve Tzedek was founded in 1887 by a group of Jewish families seeking a more peaceful life outside of the Jaffa's. The residents constructed mostly colorful, short buildings along narrow streets At the beginning of the 1900s, many artists and writers made Neve Tzedek their residence. Most notably, Nobel prize laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon, as well as Hebrew artist Nahum Gutman, used Neve Tzedek as both a home and a sanctuary for art.by the end of the 1980s, efforts began to renovate and preserve Neve Tzedek's century-old structures. New establishments were housed in old buildings, most notably to the Suzanne Dalal Dance and Theater Center and the Nahum Gutman Museum, located in the artist's home.The well-needed gentrification led to Neve Tzedek's rebirth as a fashionable and popular residence for Tel Avivians. Its main streets became lined once again with artists' studios, alongside trendy cafés and bars.
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