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Kaplan Street
Kaplan Street is a major thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv, Israel, running from the Azrieli Center interchange on its eastern edge, to Ibn Gabirol Street on its western edge. History Named after Eliezer Kaplan, an important Israeli politician, the street connects the city center to the Ayalon Highway, and is one of the busiest streets in the city. Right next to it, lies the old Templer neighborhood of Sarona, which has undergone a major renovation programme, in addition to the street itself, which has been widened in recent years. The Israeli Intelligence Community had offices on this street. File:Kaplan street.JPG File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street 2.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Beit Yachin 01.jpg, Beit Yachin (Yachin House) in Kaplan Street File:PikiWiki I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaplan Street
Kaplan Street is a major thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv, Israel, running from the Azrieli Center interchange on its eastern edge, to Ibn Gabirol Street on its western edge. History Named after Eliezer Kaplan, an important Israeli politician, the street connects the city center to the Ayalon Highway, and is one of the busiest streets in the city. Right next to it, lies the old Templer neighborhood of Sarona, which has undergone a major renovation programme, in addition to the street itself, which has been widened in recent years. The Israeli Intelligence Community had offices on this street. File:Kaplan street.JPG File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street 2.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Beit Yachin 01.jpg, Beit Yachin (Yachin House) in Kaplan Street File:PikiWiki I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarona, Palestine
Sarona is a neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel which started as a German Templer Colony in Palestine in 1871.Jaffa: A City in Evolution: 1799-1917, Ruth Kark, p.91 It was one of the earliest modern villages established by Europeans in Ottoman Palestine. In July 1941, the British Mandate authorities deported 188 residents of Sarona, who were considered hard-core Nazi sympathizers. By the 2000s, the area had fallen into disrepair and was a haven for drug addicts. However, since 2003, the area has undergone massive renovation, which involved moving and relocating historical buildings before their restoration. The area is now a popular shopping district, as well as housing museums, cultural artifacts centering on its history, and IDF complexes. History In August 1871, the Templers purchased 60 hectares of land from a Greek monastery north of Jaffa. Part of the Plains of Sharon (after which it was named), near the River Auja ( Yarkon), it was four kilometres from Jaffa. In Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:Category:Streets In Tel Aviv
{{commonscat, Streets in Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ... Geography of Tel Aviv Transport in Tel Aviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange (telecommunications)
Orange S.A. (), formerly France Télécom S.A. (stylized as france telecom) is a French multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 266 million customers worldwide and employs 89,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, the group had revenue of €40 billion. The company's head office is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 15th arrondissement of Paris. Orange has been the company's main brand for mobile phone, mobile, landline, internet and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services since 2006. The Orange brand originated in the United Kingdom in 1994 after Hutchison Whampoa acquired a controlling stake in Orange UK, Microtel Communications: that company became a subsidiary of Mannesmann in 1999 and then was acquired by France Télécom in 2000. The France Télécom company was rebranded to Orange on 1 July 2013. The company has faced criticism due to the Orange S.A. suicides. History Nationalised service (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SuperPharm
Super-Pharm ( he, סופר-פארם) is an Israeli multinational pharmacy chain. It also operates in Poland, Trinidad and Tobago and previously operated in China. Super-Pharm was founded by Murray Koffler with his two oldest children, Leon and Theo. The pharmacy uses a similar logo, and has private-label brands (such as ''Life''), as Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada, which was also founded by Koffler. History In 1921, Leon Koffler began the story of Koffler Drug Stores. In 1941, his son Murray Koffler inherited the two drug stores, called "Koffler's Drugs"; by 1962, Koffler's had grown to a chain of 17 pharmacies, which Murray then renamed "Shoppers Drug Mart" in the 1970s. During the 1970s, Koffler visited Israel; following this visit, he decided to set up a chain similar to his one in Canada. Co-founded with his son Leon and daughter Theo. The first Super-Pharm pharmacy was opened in the Neve Amirim neighbourhood of Herzliya, Israel in 1979. Theo Koffler, co-founder and VP, focuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castro (clothing)
Castro ( he, קסטרו) is an Israeli clothing company specializing in men's and women's fashions. Publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the company is valued at 100 million US dollars. In 2013, it was Israel's largest fashion company. The chain has 180 stores, with locations in Israel, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and Ukraine.Castro corporate: About Us History The company was founded by Aaron Castro, a from , |
Dizengoff Center
Dizengoff Center ( he, דיזנגוף סנטר) is a shopping mall at the intersection of Dizengoff Street and King George Street in Tel Aviv, Israel. The mall is named for Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv. History Dizengoff Center, designed by Israeli architect Yitzhak Yashar, was Israel's first mall. The center was built on the site of the Nordiya neighborhood. Construction began in 1972, and the first store opened five years later in 1977. The rest of the mall was finished in 1983. On March 4, 1996, during the Jewish holiday of Purim, the Dizengoff Center suicide bombing outside Dizengoff Center killed 13 people, many of them youngsters in costume. On July 13, 2022, the first Lego store in Israel opened in Dizengoff Center. Overview The mall has around 420 stores, one movie theater (Lev Dizengoff, with 6 screens), restaurants, an internet cafe, a design center holding exhibitions from around the world (Soho), specialty stores (comic books, video games, gadgets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Agency For Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. It was established in 1929 as the operative branch of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The stated mission of the Agency is to "ensure that every Jewish person feels an unbreakable bond to one another and to Israel no matter where they live in the world, so that they can continue to play their critical role in our ongoing Jewish story." It is best-known as the primary organization fostering the immigration of Jews in diaspora to the Land of Israel (known as '' aliyah'') and overseeing their integration with the State of Israel. Since 1948, the Jewish Agency has brought 3 million immigrants to Israel, and offers them transitional housing in "absorption centers" throughout the country. The Jewish Agency played a central role in the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarona (colony)
Sarona is a neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel which started as a German Templer Colony in Palestine in 1871.Jaffa: A City in Evolution: 1799-1917, Ruth Kark, p.91 It was one of the earliest modern villages established by Europeans in Ottoman Palestine. In July 1941, the British Mandate authorities deported 188 residents of Sarona, who were considered hard-core Nazi sympathizers. By the 2000s, the area had fallen into disrepair and was a haven for drug addicts. However, since 2003, the area has undergone massive renovation, which involved moving and relocating historical buildings before their restoration. The area is now a popular shopping district, as well as housing museums, cultural artifacts centering on its history, and IDF complexes. History In August 1871, the Templers purchased 60 hectares of land from a Greek monastery north of Jaffa. Part of the Plains of Sharon (after which it was named), near the River Auja ( Yarkon), it was four kilometres from Jaffa. In Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Intelligence Community
The Israeli Intelligence Community is made up of Aman (military intelligence), Mossad (overseas intelligence) and Shabak (internal security). Current agencies * Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman): the supreme military-intelligence branch of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) :* Intelligence Corps: the main intelligence-collection and -analysis body of the IDF General Staff; also includes the Israeli signals-intelligence agency known as Unit 8200 :* Information Security Department: the main information-security and counterintelligence unit of Aman :* Research Department: the main all-source intelligence-assessment unit of Aman :* Air Intelligence Directorate: the intelligence unit of the Israeli Air Force :* Naval Intelligence Division: the intelligence unit of the Israeli Navy :*Combat Intelligence Collection Corps: the intelligence unit of Israeli Ground Forces :*Sayeret Matkal (סיירת מטכ"ל): the IDF's premier special-forces unit, directly subordinate to Aman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templers (religious Believers)
The German Templer Society emerged in Germany during the mid-nineteenth century, with its roots in the Pietist movement of the Lutheran Church, and in its history a legacy of preceding centuries during which various Christian groups undertook to establish what they saw as the perfect Christian religion in preparation for Christ's promised return. The movement was founded by Christoph Hoffmann [1815-1885], who believed that humanity’s salvation lay in the gathering of God's people in a Christian community. He also believed that the second coming of Christ was imminent, and that according to Biblical prophecy it would take place in Jerusalem, where God's people were to gather as a symbol of the rebuilding of the temple. He established a number of German Templer colonies in Palestine, German Templer colonies in Palestine (region), Palestine. Hoffmann’s thinking was inspired by the 1st century Christian community and based on Matthew’s Gospel in regard to Old Testament propheci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azrieli Observation Point, View Over German Colony
Azrieli may refer to: ;Surname *David Azrieli, CM CQ (1922–2014), Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, designer, architect and philanthropist * Sharon Azrieli, soprano singer and cantor from Montreal, Quebec ;Business * Azrieli Group, Israeli real estate and holding company ;Buildings *Azrieli Center, a complex of skyscrapers in Tel Aviv, Israel * Azrieli Sarona Tower, skyscraper in the Sarona neighborhood, Tel Aviv, Israel ;Education * Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem, an Israeli public academic college * Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, graduate school part of Yeshiva University See also * Asrael * Asriel *Azrael Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the angel of death in some Abrahamic religions, namely Islam, Christian popular culture and some traditions of Judaism. He is also referenced in Sikhism. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael ... * Azri'el * Azriel (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
