2 minHistoryDavid Florentin1874 - 1941. David Florentin was a Jewish journalist and one of the founders of the Zionist movement in Thessaloniki. He was the first...
1 minHistorySolomon Florentin1864 - 1946. Shlomo (Salomon) Yaakov Florentin was a contractor and entrepreneur of Thessaloniki descent who founded the Florentin...
1 minHistoryNahalat BinyaminThe Nahalat Binyamin Association of Jaffa (mainly made up of craftsmen) wanted to establish another neighborhood outside Jaffa, while the...
2 minHistoryMoshe Yitzhak Matalon1872 - 1959. Moshe Yitzhak Matlon was one of Tel Aviv's founders. The first Matlon family members arrived in Israel from Iraq in 1817,...
2 minHistoryKing George1865 - 1936. King George V was King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936. During and after World War 1, the United Kingdom expanded...
2 minHistoryGeneral Edmund Allenby1861 - 1936. Edmund Allenby was a British military officer who became famous during World War 1 for conquering the Land of Israel and...
2 minPoliticsDavid-Zvi Pinkas1895 - 1952. David Zvi Pinkas was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence (out of 37 signers), and the third Minister of...
2 minHistoryNahum Sokolov1859 - 1936. Nahum Sokolov was a writer, journalist, and Zionist leader. Born in Poland, he received a traditional Jewish education as a...
2 minHistoryEdmond James de Rothschild1845 - 1934. Baron Edmond James de Rothschild was a French banker, philanthropist, and art collector born in France in 1845. His father -...
2 minHistoryYehudah Ben Samuel Halevi1141 - 1075. Rabbi Juda (Yehuda) HaLevi was a Sephardic rabbi, philosopher, doctor, and poet born in Tudela (Spain). During his life, he...
3 minHistoryFrom Ahuzat Bait to Tel Aviv, a story of seashellsThroughout the 19th century, the city of Jaffa served as the main entry point to the land of Israel for Jews from around the world...