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Rehovot was founded as a moshava in 1890 by Polish Jewish immigrants who had come with the First Aliyah, seeking to establish a township which would not be under the influence of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, on land which was purchased from a Christian Arab by the Menuha Venahala society, an organization in Warsaw that raised funds for ...
The moshava of Rehovot was founded on the coastal plain by Polish Jews seeking to establish a township independent of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. The land was purchased by the Menuha Venahala society, an organization in Warsaw that raised funds for Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel.
Rehovot was founded in 1890, by First Aliyah immigrants from Poland. The land had been bought from a wealthy Christian Arab owner through the efforts of Yehudah Goor (Grasovski), Yehoshua Hankin, and A. Eisenberg.
Reḥovot, city, central Israel, on the coastal plain south-southwest of Tel Aviv–Yafo, in the centre of the country’s most productive citrus belt. The name (Hebrew: “broad places,” or “room”) is from the biblical allusion in Genesis 26:22. Founded in 1890 by Warsaw Jews, Reḥovot soon became.
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Mar 12, 2010 · Rehovot’s story begins in late-19th-century Warsaw, where a group of Polish Jews founded the Menuha Venahala society to raise funds for a Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel.
Rehovot was founded in 1890 by Jewish immigrants from Russia. Chaim Weizmann , Israel's first president, lived in the town during the British mandate period (1922–48) and is buried there. His house is preserved.
Reḥovot was founded in 1890, by First *Aliyah immigrants from Poland. The land had been bought from a wealthy Christian Arab owner through the efforts of Yehudah *Goor (Grasovski), Yehoshua *Hankin, and A. *Eisenberg.
