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Haifa 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 metropoli ...

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Arthur Biram Arthur Yitzhak Biram (Hebrew: ארתור בירם; August 13, 1878 – June 5, 1967) was a German–Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator. Biography Biram was born in Bischofswerda in Saxony in 1878 and attended school in Hirsch ...

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, footnotes = The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa ( he, בֵּית־הַסֵּפֶר הָרֵיאָלִי הָעִבְרִי בְחֵיפָה, translit=Bet ha-sefer ha-Reali ha‘Ivri be-Ḥeifa), located in

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 ...

, is one of the country's oldest

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s.The Hebrew Reali School, Haifa

History

The Reali school was established by

on behalf of EZRA, a German Jewish organization, and in close connection with the Technion in 1913, before the outbreak of World War I.Biography of Arthur Biram (in German)
/ref> The historical building near the old Technion was designed by German-Jewish architect Alexander Baerwald. The fundamental values of the school are

Zionism Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

humanism Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humani ...

, tolerance and

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. At the time, the

Yishuv Yishuv ( he, ישוב, literally "settlement"), Ha-Yishuv ( he, הישוב, ''the Yishuv''), or Ha-Yishuv Ha-Ivri ( he, הישוב העברי, ''the Hebrew Yishuv''), is the body of Jewish residents in the Land of Israel (corresponding to the s ...

, or pre-state Jewish community in

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, was engaged in a debate over the language of instruction in the country's Jewish schools. When it was decided that the sciences would be taught in German, Biram responded by founding the Hebrew Reali School. The first branch of the school was opened in the Hadar neighborhood of Haifa. In 1923, the school moved into a building on the old campus of the Technion which had formerly been used as a British military hospital. During that period the school founded a

Scouts Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpackin ...

troop, the 'Carmel Wanderers' ( he, מְשׁוֹטְטֵי כַרְמֶל; ''Meshotetei Carmel''), and in 1924 the school opened a

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time ...

major, in addition to the previously offered

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

major. At the very same year the schools motto was determined: "And Walk Humbly" ( he, וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת; ''vehatzna‘ lechet'') (). This motto expresses the school's aspirations in the realm of education. Between the years 1940-1948, given World War II and the strive towards establishing the country, the students took classes in shifts and the graduates joined the ' service year' ( he, שְׁנַת שֵׁרוּת; ''shnat sherut''). In January 2014 Ron Kitrey retired and Dr. Yosi Ben-Dov replaced him as the school's headmaster.

Branches

Today the school has seven branches: 8 kindergartens; 3 elementary schools named after their neighbourhoods: ''Yesod Hadar''; ''Yesod Ahuza'' and ''Yesod Merkaz''; 3 middle schools: ''Tichon Hadar''; ''Tichon Ahuza''; ''Tichon Merkaz''; and one high school: ''Beit Biram''. In 1953, a military

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

was established in proximity to Beit Biram. In September 2008, the school opened its latest branch, the "Reali-gan" (kindergarten). The kindergarten advocates

ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps w ...

education:

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Energy saving Energy conservation is the effort to reduce wasteful energy consumption by using fewer energy services. This can be done by using energy more effectively (using less energy for continuous service) or changing one's behavior to use less service (f ...

and Nature protection. In 2017 the military boarding school ( he, הַפְּנִימִיָּה הַצְּבָאִית לְפִקּוּד; ''HaPnimiya haTzva’it leFikud'') became an integrated part of the school..

Notable alumni

References

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