Gymnasia Rehavia is a high school in the Rehavia

Rehavia

Rehavia is an upscale Jerusalem neighborhood located between the city center and Talbiya.-History:Rehavia was established on a large plot of land purchased in 1921 from the Greek Orthodox Church by the Palestine Land Development Company . The area was known at the time as Ginzaria, a native...

 neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel

Israel

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.

History

Gymnasia Rehavia was the country’s second modern high school, after Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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. The school was first established in Jerusalem's Bukharan Quarter

Bukharim

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 in 1909. The building on Keren Kayemet Street was built in 1928. Among its early teachers were Yitzhak Ben Zvi, later the second president of Israel

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, and his wife Rachel Yanait.

In July 2009, the high school celebrated its centennial at an event attended by generations of alumni, many of whom are leading figures in Israeli society today.

Notable alumni

• Naomi Ben-Ami
  Naomi Ben-Ami
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• Yitzhak Danziger
  Yitzhak Danziger
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   (1916-77), sculptor
• Trude Dothan
  Trude Dothan
  Professor Trude Dothan is one of Israel's leading archaeologists, specializing in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the region, in particular in Philistine culture.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ephraim Katzir
  Ephraim Katzir
  Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and former Israeli Labor Party politician. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.-Biography:...
  
  
• Dan Meridor
  Dan Meridor
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• Sallai Meridor
  Sallai Meridor
  Sallai Meridor is an Israeli politician. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States between 2005–2009, appointed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
  
  
• Uzi Narkiss
  Uzi Narkiss
  Uzi Narkiss was an Israeli general. Narkiss was commander of the Israel Defense Forces units in the Central Region during the Six Day War...
  
  
• Yoni Netanyahu (1946–76), commander of Sayeret Matkal; killed during Operation Entebbe
• Amos Oz
  Amos Oz
  Amos Oz is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva....
  
   (born 1939), writer, novelist, and journalist
• Reuven Rivlin
  Reuven Rivlin
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• Nahman Shai
  Nahman Shai
  Nahman Shai is an Israeli journalist and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He previously worked as the IDF spokesman.-Biography:...
  
  
• Chemi Shalev
  Chemi Shalev
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• Matan Vilnai
  Matan Vilnai
  Matan Vilnai is an Israeli politician and a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces . He is currently Minister for Home Front Defense and a member of the Knesset for Independence.-Biography:...
  
  
• Yigael Yadin
  Yigael Yadin
  Yigael Yadin on 21 March 1917, died 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.-Early life and military career:...
  
   (1917-84), archeologist, politician, and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
• A.B. Yehoshua (born 1936), novelist, essayist, and playwright
• Rehavam Ze'evi