Location of Bnei Brak within the Tel Aviv District
Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak (or Bene Beraq) (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק (audio) (help·info), Bəne Bəraq) is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Dan metropolitan region and Tel Aviv District. It is the only large city in Israel whose population comprises predominantly Haredi Jews.
Bnei Brak's jurisdiction is 7,088 dunams and according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city's population stood at 151,000, growing at an annual rate of 2.0%.[2] Its small physical size and large number of inhabitants make it Israel's most densely-populated city.[3] Bnei Brak is also the poorest city per capita in the Tel Aviv District.
(audio) (help·info), Bəne Bəraq) is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Dan metropolitan region and Tel Aviv District. It is the only large city in Israel whose population comprises predominantly Haredi Jews.