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Administrative Districts (Mehozot)
The State of Israel's administrative organization is based on three levels of governance: The Central Government, Districts, Local entities.


Zalman David Levontin
Born in Belarus to a Chabad Hasidic family, Zalman David Levontin was one of the pioneers of the first aliyah. He was one of the founders of Rishon Lezion and the Jewish Colonial Trust.


Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day
Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is a national day of remembrance commemorated every year on the 12th of Cheshvan in the Hebrew calendar.


David Florentin
David Florentin was a Jewish journalist and one of the founders of the Zionist movement in Thessaloniki. He was the first Jewish representative from Greece to participate in the World Zionist Congress (the 11th Congress, convened in 1913 in Vienna).


Solomon Florentin
Shlomo (Salomon) Yaakov Florentin was a contractor and entrepreneur of Thessaloniki descent who founded the Florentin neighborhood in Tel Aviv in the 1930s.


Nahalat Binyamin
The Nahalat Binyamin Association of Jaffa (mainly made up of craftsmen) wanted to establish another neighborhood outside Jaffa, while the Ahuzat Bait Association settled one in 1909.


Moshe Yitzhak Matalon
Moshe Yitzhak Matlon was one of Tel Aviv's founders.
The Matlon family first arrived in Israel from Iraq in 1817, over 200 years ago, playing a pioneering role in establishing the Jewish community in Jaffa.


King George
1865 - 1936. King George V was King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936 . Portrait by Luke Fildes, 1911. Source: Pixabay. During and...


General Edmund Allenby
1861 - 1936. Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. Source: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/matpc.00169/...


Ba'alei Melakha (Neighborhood)
Ba'alei Melakha means "Craftsmen" in Hebrew. After Menahem Sheinkin made Aliyah in 1906, he joined the Craftmanship Organization of...
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