Savyon ( he, סַבְיוֹן) is an affluent local council in the Central District 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 ...

, bordering the cities of

Kiryat Ono Kiryat Ono ( he, קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel. It is located east of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Modern Kiryat Ono is not to be confused with the biblical Ono, which was located in the ar ...

and

Yehud Yehud ( he, יְהוּד) is a city in the Central District of Israel that is part of the joint municipality of Yehud-Monosson. In 2007, the city's population stood at approximately 30,000 people (including Neve Monosson – see below). History ...

. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. In it had a population of .

History

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area of Savyon belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of

Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut ( he, מוֹדִיעִין-מַכַּבִּים-רֵעוּת) is an Israeli city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. In t ...

in the south to the present-day city of

El'ad El'ad, also spelled Elad ( he, אלעד), is a city in the Central District of Israel. In the 1990s, it was built for a Haredi Jewish population and to a lesser extent, it was also built for a Religious Zionist Jewish population. Located about ...

in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land. Savyon was founded in 1955 by

Africa Israel Investments Africa Israel Investments Ltd. (AFI Group) is an international holding and investment company based in Yehud, Israel. The group consists of several private and public companies active in areas such as real estate, construction, infrastructure, ...

for elderly South African Jewish immigrants. A number of South African Jews settled in Israel, forming a South African community in Israel. Large houses were built in the style that the community was accustomed to from their life in South Africa, It took the name of a common wildflower, although the first part of its name (''sav'') means "grandfather", which was appropriate for the residents of the time. Today, Savyon has a young population. In 2003, the moshav Ganei Yehuda ( he, גַּנֵּי יְהוּדָה) was merged into Savyon. Both Savyon and Ganei Yehuda are located on the land of the

Palestinian Arab Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village of

Al-'Abbasiyya Al-'Abbasiyya ( ar, العبْاسِيّة), also known as al-Yahudiya ( ar, اليهودية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was attacked under Operation Hametz during the 1948 Palestine War, and finally depopulat ...

, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Notable residents

Moshe Arens Moshe Arens (27 December 1925 – 7 January 2019) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat and Likud politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense thre ...

- defense and foreign minister * Aviv Bushinsky - businessman and journalist *

Arye Carmon Arye Carmon ( he, אריה כרמון, b. 1943) is the Founding President and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). He helped to found the institute in 1991 as an independent think tank dedicated to promoting and strengthening de ...

- co-founder of the Israeli Democracy Institute * Mikhail Chernoy - entrepreneur * Haim Cohen - chef *

David D'Or David D'Or ( he, דוד ד'אור; born David Nehaisi on October 2, 1965) is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" a ...

- singer and composer * Maya Dunietz - recording artist * Shmuel Flatto-Sharon - businessman and politician *

Jean Frydman Jean Frydman (26 June 1925 – 14 March 2021) was a History of the Jews in France, Jewish member of the French Resistance during World War II and businessman. He received the Legion of Honour, ''Légion d'honneur'' in 2016 for his wartime efforts. ...

- businessman * Dan Goldstein - founder of Formula Systems *

Mody Kidon Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) refers to any of several hereditary forms of diabetes mellitus caused by mutations in an autosomal dominant gene disrupting insulin production. MODY is often referred to as monogenic diabetes to disting ...

- businessman * Dan Margalit - journalist and television host * David Mor - businessman and politician *

Dan Naveh Dan Naveh ( he, דן נוה, born 21 June 1960) is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1999 and 2007 and as a government minister from 2001 until 2006. He is the founder and the man ...

- politician *

Ofer Nimrodi Ofer Nimrodi ( he, עופר נמרודי; born May 23, 1957) is an Israeli jurist, businessman and former publisher. Biography Ofer Nimrodi, whose family was of Iraqi-Jewish origin, was born to Rivka and Yaakov Nimrodi in Iran in 1957 while his fa ...

- businessman and jurist * Yaakov Nimrodi - businessman and intelligence officer * Yair Nitzani - musician and comedian *

Gideon Patt Gideon Patt ( he, גדעון פת; 22 February 1933 – 26 April 2020) was an Israeli politician who served in several ministerial positions between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Biography Born in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, Patt ...

- politician * Al Schwimmer - engineer and businessman * Yair Shamir - politician , businessman, and military officer

References

{{Central District (Israel) Local councils in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1951 1951 establishments in Israel South African-Jewish culture in Israel