The Gimnasia Realit or the Gimnasia Realit E. Karary () is an Israeli
high school
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, named in honor of its first principal Eliezer Karary.
History
It was established in 1939 in
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...
at the time of the
1936–39 Arab revolt during the
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
. It was the fifth high school in Israel and the first in Rishon LeZion. The school's first learning programs were devoted to
humanities
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, in contrast with the present emphasis on the
science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
s, such as
biotechnology
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and the
TG (Talented and Gifted) classes. It merged with two
middle school
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s in 2011.
The Gimnasia's first location was on
Herzl Herzl is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
*Herzl Berger
*Herzl Bodinger
*Herzl Rosenblum
*Herzl Yankl Tsam
Surname:
*Theodor Herzl
See also
*Mount Herzl
*''Herzl (play)
''Herzl'' is a 1976 play w ...
street in a three-room apartment and only 9 students graduated in its first year. The second housing of the school was on
Abrahmovich neighbourhood, until the last move to Smilchansky street, where it is located as of 2013.
Principals
* Eliezer Karary - 1939-1970
* Gamliel Segal - 1970-1997
* Shosh Winter - 1997-2012
* Dalia Yeshaya - 2012-2018
* Iris Ron - 2018-current
Notable alumni
*
Tal Dunne
Tal Michael Dunne ( he, טל דן; born 25 February 1987) is a Wales-born Israeli former basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Early life
Dunne was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, to a Jewish family. Dunne l ...
(born 1987), Welsh-born Israeli professional basketball player for
Ironi Nes Ziona
Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel. The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people. The club plays in the Israeli Bask ...
*
Igor Nesterenko
Igor Nesterenko ( he, איגור נסטרנקו; born August 18, 1990) is an Israeli-Ukrainian professional basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Israel.
Early life
Nesterenko was born in Kiliya, ...
(born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball co ...
References
External links
Official website
Educational institutions established in 1939
Schools in Israel
1939 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
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