The Jaffa Jewish Cemetery goes unnoticed by most visitors, and even by its own residents. Its founder also remains somewhat "hidden" behind the name of the famous street "Yehuda Margoza." In reality, this refers to Yehuda Mé Raguza - meaning Yehuda from the city of Raguza, today’s Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Nahalat Shiva (translated as “the land of the seven”) takes its name from its founders: seven young men of Jerusalem, descendants of families deeply rooted in the Jewish presence of the Old City. Driven by the conviction that the command to settle the Land of Israel must be fulfilled, they set out together to build - stone by stone - the Jerusalem of tomorrow.

Rabbi Yaakov Mazeh served as the government-appointed chief rabbi of Moscow. Born in 1859 in Mogilev, Belarus, Mazeh's family name is an acronym signifying their lineage as Kohanim: MiZera Aharon Hacohen (from the seed of Aaron the Priest). Following the early passing of his father, he was raised by his maternal grandfather.

Charles Netter was a French businessman and a founding member of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. He is also known for being the founder of Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel.

Aharon Chelouche was an Algerian Sephardic Jew known for his roles as a landowner, jeweler, and money changer in Jaffa's Jewish community. He founded Neve Tzedek, now part of Tel Aviv.

Aliya Eele BeTamar was an aliya of Jews from Yemen to the Land of Israel in 1881-1882. The Jewish year of their Aliya, תרמ"ב, gave to the alya its name (תרמ"ב --> בתמר). The name is also a direct quote from the verse "I said, I will climb up to the Tamar" from the book of Songs of Songs.

1868 - 1945. Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, was a British industrialist, politician, and Zionist activist in the late 19th and early...

In the early 1880s, Jews in the Russian Empire experienced harsh antisemitism, violence, and persecution. In response to that, and in opposition to assimilation, some Jews suggested settling a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, the only place Jews could become a nation.

Haim Nissim Amzlag was a Jewish businessman and community leader during the Yishuv period.

Berl Katznelson was one of the intellectual founders of Socialist Zionism, instrumental in the establishment of the modern state of Israel, and the editor of Davar.