Yerusalymka is the name given to a district of compact Jewish settlement in Vinnytsia, which began to take shape at the turn of the 17th–18th centuries. This development was driven by the gradual decline of the Old Town (on the left bank of the Southern Buh River), where Vinnytsia’s Jewish community had lived since the early 16th century.

The historic quarter (also known as Lower Yerusalymka) is defined by present-day central toponyms such as Selianskyi Lane and the streets Yerusalymka, Naberezhna, and Mahistratska. The area was primarily built up with one- and two-story wooden and clay structures, without a clearly planned street layout, while synagogues and religious schools served as key formative elements of the district.

A decision to gradually demolish and redevelop Yerusalymka was made by local authorities during the interwar period and was implemented in stages over the following decades. Due to its distinctive and picturesque character, Yerusalymka also served as a natural set for filming silent and early sound Soviet feature films such as Jewish Luck (1925), Forest Beast (1925), Against Their Parents’ Will (1926), and The Return of Nathan Becker (1932