Binyamina-Giv'at Ada ( he, בִּנְיָמִינָה-גִּבְעַת עָדָה) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in the
Haifa District
Haifa District ( he, מחוז חיפה, ''Mehoz Ḥeifa''; ar, منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of the seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Ha ...
of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. It is the result of the 2003 merger between the two local councils of Binyamina and Giv'at Ada. In its population was . Prior to the merger, the population of Binyamina was 6,600.
History
Binyamina
Binyamina was founded in 1922 and named after the Baron Abraham
Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild. According to the
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subsequ ...
, Binyamina was founded on
PICA land by members of the
Third Aliyah
The Third Aliyah ( he, העלייה השלישית, ''HaAliyah HaShlishit'') refers to the third wave—or aliyah—of modern Jewish immigration to Palestine from Europe. This wave lasted from 1919, just after the end of World War I, until 19 ...
. According to a
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...
conducted in 1922 by the
British Mandate authorities, Binyamina had a population of 153 inhabitants, consisting of 137 Jews, 13 Muslims and 3 Christians.
The original economy of the village was citrus-based. In 1947, Binyamina had a population of 2000.
File:בנימינה - מראה.-JNF045472.jpeg, Binyamina 1928
File:בנימינה - מראה כללי-JNF011880.jpeg, Binyamina 1934
File:Caesarea 1942.jpg, Binyamina 1942 1:20,000
File:Qannir 1942.jpg, Giv'at Ada 1942 1:20,000 (bottom left)
File:Caesarea 1945.jpg, Binyamina & Giv'at Ada 1945 1:250,000
Giv'at Ada
Giv'at Ada, named for Baron Edmond James de Rothschild's wife
Adelaid (Ada), was established in 1903 by eight families from
Zikhron Ya'akov.
Giv'at Ada was established as an agricultural settlement. The main farming branches were field crops and vegetables, and later, grapes.
Economy
The area is home to both the
Binyamina Winery
The Binyamina Winery ( he, יקב בנימינה) is Israel's fifth largest, producing about 2.8 million bottles of wine annually.
History
The winery was founded in 1952 by Joseph Zeltzer as Eliaz Winery in the town of Binyamina. In those early ...
, producers of 2.8 million bottles of wine annually, and the
Tishbi Winery, founded by Yonathan Tishbi in 1985. Tishbi now produces one million bottles annually. Plans have been drawn up to build a wine park on the slopes between Binyamina and Zichron Ya'akov to promote wine tourism in Israel.
Transport
The busy
Israel Railways Binyamina Railway Station is the last stop on the Binyamina-Tel Aviv suburban line and a transfer point on the Tel Aviv-Haifa intercity line which makes it a transportation hub for the area. A direct non-stop train from Binyamina reaches Tel Aviv or Haifa in 30 minutes.
Notable residents
Binyamina is the birthplace of the Israeli songwriter
Ehud Manor
Ehud Manor (Hebrew: אהוד מנור; born Ehud Weiner; July 13, 1941 – April 12, 2005) was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, h ...
, and is referenced in a number of his songs. It is also the birthplace of former Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert (; he, אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and ...
, and basketball player
Adi Gordon
Adi Gordon ( he, עדי גורדון; born March 4, 1966) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He was a two-time Israeli State Cup winner with Hapoel Jerusalem. He was a four-time Israeli Premier League Assists Leader, in 1992 to ...
. Four-time Olympian and world-record-holder in shooting,
Guy Starik
Guy Starik (born May 3, 1965) is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics. He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone co ...
, lives there.
Sister cities
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Tokaj
Tokaj () is a historical town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 54 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. It is the centre of the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district where Tokaji wine is produced.
History
The wine-growing are ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
References
{{Haifa District
Former local councils in Israel
Populated places established in 1922
Jewish villages in the Ottoman Empire
Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine
Local councils in Haifa District