Givat Mordechai

31°45′54″N 35°11′50″E / 31.76500°N 35.19722°E / 31.76500; 35.19722

Givat Mordechai
Hebrew: גבעת מרדכי
Neighborhood of Jerusalem
Statue of the Ladder of Jacob
Statue of the Ladder of Jacob
Country Israel
DistrictJerusalem District
CityJerusalem

Givat Mordechai (Hebrew: גבעת מרדכי, trans: Mordechai's Hill) is a Jewish neighborhood in southwest-central Jerusalem, midway between the neighborhoods of Nayot and Malcha. The neighborhood was named after an American philanthropist, Maxwell (Mordechai) Abbell of Chicago.[1]