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Zikhron Ya'akov was founded in December 1882 when 100 Jewish pioneers from Romania, members of the Hibbat Zion movement, purchased two plots of land 5 km apart: 6000 dunam in Zammarin and 500 dunam in Tantura. [3]
Its name, Ohel Yaakov, means "Tent of Jacob" and alludes to the biblical Jacob, who "dwelled in tents" according to Genesis 25:27. The synagogue, which has a large main section for men and a second-floor, wraparound women's section, has a Holy ark made of white marble and marble interior walls.
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Aaronsohn with Abraham in 1914. Sarah Aaronsohn was born in Zichron Yaakov, which at the time was part of Ottoman Syria.Her parents were Zionists from Romania who had come to Ottoman Palestine as some of the first settlers of the First Aliyah and were founders of the moshava where Aaronsohn was born. [2]
In 2015, archaeologists examining remains of a shipwreck discovered in 1976 off Dor Beach, near Zichron Yaakov, announced that it was probably a ship sent by Rothschild with supplies for the bottle factory. [5] Also exhibited in the museum are a large assortment of anchors, jars and navigational tools retrieved by the center's diving team.
Pineles helped organize the immigration of Jews to the towns of Rosh Pina and Zichron Yaakov. [3] After the advent of Theodor Herzl's Political Zionism, Pineles took up this idea with great enthusiasm. At the First Zionist Congress (Basel 1897) Pineles was elected as vice president, along with Max Nordau. [4]
The station remained in service until the late 1990s, when the high-speed Haifa–Binyamina–Tel Aviv service was separated from the newly created Binyamina–Tel Aviv suburban service: Zikhron Yaakov station was deemed too minor for the high-speed service, and too remote for the suburban service (which terminates at Binyamina station, about ...
Edison Theater, 1950, Benno Rothenberg, Meitar Collection, National Library of Israel Reconstructed facade of the Edison Theater, now the site of a housing complex Edison Theater was a movie theater, cultural center and concert venue in the Zichron Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem.