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Holon sits just south of Tel Aviv on the Judean coastal plain, one of the cluster of towns that grew up alongside the city in the 20th century. Posts here come at it from two angles: the wider development story of the Judean coastal plain settlements, and a Yemenite synagogue in Holon where the congregation includes one of the men who carried out Eichmann’s death sentence.

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Shalom Nagar
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The Eichmann in the Room

On a Friday evening in Holon, the elderly Yemenite gentleman sitting in my usual synagogue seat turned out to be Shalom Nagar, the man who hanged Adolf Eichmann.

Sep 2014 · 4 minute read
A lesson in Hebrew at Rishon Letzion
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Settlements of the Judean Coastal Plain

Oct 2013 · 4 minute read
Mikve Yisrael: At the end of this avenue Herzl met with Kaiser Wilhelm II A lesson in Hebrew at Rishon Letzion The old synagogue at Ness Tziona Home of Chaim Weizmann, Rechovot Ayalon Institute, Rechovot
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