Ein HaYam is a small neighborhood in

Haifa, Israel Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

between Kiryat Sprinzak and Kiryat Eliezer, mostly separated from the sea by railroad tracks. The neighborhood, founded in 1937 by Arab families, was previously called Wadi al-Jimal. The neighborhood was called "Ein HaYam -- Wadi al-Jimal" until 2006, when the official name and entrance sign were changed to "Ein HaYam (Previously Wadi al-Jimal)." In August 2021, the Haifa Naming Commission recommended restoration of the old name and signage and received pushback from some officials. The city council has yet to vote on the proposal. 2,400 Jews and Arabs live in the neighborhood, which has been cited a model of Jewish-Arab coexistence. It is home to the Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute of Israel (IOLR),

Tel Shikmona Tel Shikmona ( he, תל שִׁקְמוֹנָה, translit= Šiqmônah), or Tell es-Samak ( ar, تل السمك, translit=Tell as-Samak), also spelt Sycamine, is an ancient Phoenician tell (mound) situated near the sea coast in the modern city of ...

and the Ein HaYam trail tour.

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