Nahalat Yitzhak
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Nahalat Yitzhak is a neighborhood of Tel Aviv
, Israel
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and the Ayalon Highway
, by a group of Jews who came from Kaunas
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Nahalat Yitzhak is named after Rabbi Isaac (Yitzhak) Elchanan Spector, chief rabbi of Kaunas, who wrote a book called "River of Isaac".
In 1931, the neighborhood had 36 houses and a population of 134 people. It was established on the border of the German Colony Sarona, adjacent to the Borochov neighborhood, the first neighborhood of Givatayim. At the beginning it was a farming neighborhood of homesteads, and later a number of industrial plants, were built on the neighborhood's outskirts, among them "Tara Dairies", "Yitzhar" factory (the area were Tel Aviv Towers
built), number of flour mills and more.
In 1958, the interior minister annexed the neighborhood to Givatayim, but the Supreme Court reversed the decision after it became clear that the position of opponents of the annexation were not heard, and the neighborhood remained in the jurisdiction of the Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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History
Nahalat Yitzhak was founded in 1925, east of the Ayalon RiverAyalon River
The Ayalon River is a perennial stream in Israel, originating in the Judean Hills and mouthing into the Yarqon River in the Tel Aviv area.The total length of Ayalon River is about 50 kilometres and it drains an area of 815 square kilometres...
and the Ayalon Highway
Ayalon Highway
Highway 20, more commonly the Ayalon Highway , is a major intracity freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along Tel Aviv's center eastern border from north to south and connects all of the major highways leading to the city - such as Highway 4 from Ashdod and the Southern regions, Highway 2...
, by a group of Jews who came from Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
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Nahalat Yitzhak is named after Rabbi Isaac (Yitzhak) Elchanan Spector, chief rabbi of Kaunas, who wrote a book called "River of Isaac".
In 1931, the neighborhood had 36 houses and a population of 134 people. It was established on the border of the German Colony Sarona, adjacent to the Borochov neighborhood, the first neighborhood of Givatayim. At the beginning it was a farming neighborhood of homesteads, and later a number of industrial plants, were built on the neighborhood's outskirts, among them "Tara Dairies", "Yitzhar" factory (the area were Tel Aviv Towers
Tel Aviv Towers
The Tel Aviv Towers are a complex of four skyscrapers in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. Three buildings in the complex are complete. Towers 1 and 2 are each 140 meters in height, have 34 floors, and were built between 1998 and 2000. Each has 23,000 sqm of residential space and 225 apartments. The...
built), number of flour mills and more.
In 1958, the interior minister annexed the neighborhood to Givatayim, but the Supreme Court reversed the decision after it became clear that the position of opponents of the annexation were not heard, and the neighborhood remained in the jurisdiction of the Tel Aviv.