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History factoid: Rehovot a century ago, 1909
Rehovot was founded on March 6, 1890 (in the Hebrew year 5650 or tara"n), by a group of Jews from Warsaw belonging to the Menuha v'Nahala (Rest and Settlement) association. Initially the residents engaged in viticulture, and from1904, they raised citrus groves. As a result, Rehovot soon became economically self-sufficient, and absorbed many immigrant agricultural laborers. When Yemenite Jews first started making their way to Israel, Rehovot (besides Jerusalem) was one of the places they settled: the Sha`arayim (Twin Gates) quarter of Rehovot still has a large Yemenite population.
In 1934, Chaim Weizmann founded the Daniel Sieff research institute, which later became the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. The grounds of the Weizmann Institute also include Weizmann's house. Rehovot has about 100,000 inhabitants today.
Source & Picture of Rehovot 1909 @zionism-israel.com
In 1934, Chaim Weizmann founded the Daniel Sieff research institute, which later became the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. The grounds of the Weizmann Institute also include Weizmann's house. Rehovot has about 100,000 inhabitants today.
Source & Picture of Rehovot 1909 @zionism-israel.com
Labels: Rehovot History
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Malul Elected Rehovot Mayor
Rachamim Malul has been elected Mayor of Rehovot. According to the final vote tally, Malul got 14,698 of the total votes, whole his opponent Uzi Salant got 13,855 votes.
A third candidate, Ami Feinstein, received only 7,348 votes.
By IsraelNN.com 07:46 25 Nov 2009
A third candidate, Ami Feinstein, received only 7,348 votes.
By IsraelNN.com 07:46 25 Nov 2009
Labels: Rehovot Elections, Rehovot Mayor
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tomorrow Rehovot mayor elections, 24 November 2009
Democracy, Rehovot style
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz.com
A former CEO of a kupot holim health maintenance organization, a rich businessman who returned last year from Australia, and a former Knesset member who was dismissed from Shas for supporting Aryeh Deri. All are contending for the mayoralty of Rehovot, and using well-designed Web sites, image consultants, and private detectives in their quest.
This is the third time in a year that the residents of Rehovot have been asked to go to the polls - on December 1. The move comes after the mayor who was elected a year ago in a runoff, Yehoshua Forer, was convicted in court of breach of trust, a crime that involves moral turpitude. Advertisement
Those competing for the slot are the former MK, Rahamim Maloul, an ultra-Orthodox member of Shas who was acting mayor in the past few months and denies that he has Forer's support; the former CEO of the Meuhedet HMO, Uzi Salant; and the businessman, Ami Feinstein.
A great deal of bad blood has been drawn in the city of 110,000 in the past few days. It seems everyone is busy attacking everyone else, everyone is making promises, and behind the scenes, the private eyes employed by Feinstein are looking for smoking guns in the municipality and in the HMO that Salant directed.
All the candidates claim the surveys are predicting a large or a slight victory for them, depending whom you ask. Salant and Feinstein have no problem expressing their fears about Rehovot becoming ultra-Orthodox - something they believe will happen if Maloul wins the race.
The two do not suffice with attacking their common rival. Salant boasts about his past as the HMO's director and says he is responsible for its success, and about his military past as an artillery commander with the rank of colonel.
Feinstein claims that Salant completed his army service with the rank of second lieutenant and rose in the ranks only during his service in the reserves.
On the other hand, Salant's aides are wondering about the circumstances in which Feinstein ended his term as chairman of the Israel Volleyball Association amid suspicions of financial irregularities. They say that people with vested interests are helping him to run for mayor "because they want to unfreeze land and improve its status."
Fear and loathing
It is natural for a closeted skeleton to be actively exposed in election campaigns of this kind. Feinstein, who served as deputy mayor several years ago, is a fifth generation Rehovot native and the scion of a family of orchard owners who were among its founders. He shoots from the hip and accuses the municipality of being "a mafia that collects protection money from the residents."
He sent private investigators to follow senior officials in order to prove that Maloul is using the municipal mechanism to help in his election next week.
A few days ago, Feinstein complained to police about Salant's "doings" in the HMO he directed. "I complained only now because two days before that I got the relevant material," he explained about the problematic timing.
He also started taking legal action against Likud, which is now supporting Maloul - who left Shas to join its ranks. Feinstein claims that he has been a Likud member for longer and that if the governing party wants to intervene in the municipal field, it should support him.
The court ruled that the Likud must support neither candidate. Maloul is furious and plans to petition the High Court of Justice.
Feinstein is a man of the times: Tomorrow he will hold a bar mitzvah party for his son, Oz, in a local reception hall that he owns. He promises that it will be attended by VIPs so that the family celebration will give his campaign a pre-election boost. He says that Minister Silvan Shalom will attend, and perhaps also Shalom's wife, Judy.
A year ago, Feinstein returned from a six-year stint in Australia where he says he had successful business ventures in construction, art and the food industry. When his children came on a visit to Israel and decided they wanted to remain here, he and his wife Nirit packed their bags and came back.
"I shut some of the businesses there and others are still ongoing," he explained. An Israeli friend, Nir Peled, who has lived in Sydney for many years, is taking care of his business interests. What kind of business? Feinstein does not want to say. "I'll show you my declaration of assets," he says, but it is not handy.
Uzi Salant dresses in a fancy suit and tie, surrounded by dozens of activists and two public relations consultants. The situation in Rehovot reminds him of the Second Lebanon War, he says.
"Just like there, here there are no work plans, no objectives have been defined and what comes out is half tea and half coffee. Rehovot is deteriorating. The city is filthy. At every meeting with residents they ask when the city will be clean. I plan to do for Rehovot what I did for the Meuhedet HMO, which has taken first place in the health system," he says.
Half a year ago, when he replaced Forer as mayor, Maloul announced that his black skullcap meant nothing other than that he had faith - certainly not that he intended to turn Rehovot into an ultra-Orthodox city.
Feinstein was not convinced. "He is an Aryeh Deri man. When Deri goes back into politics ... Rehovot will be his outpost thanks to Maloul. Right now Deri is setting up sleeper cells all over the country
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz.com
A former CEO of a kupot holim health maintenance organization, a rich businessman who returned last year from Australia, and a former Knesset member who was dismissed from Shas for supporting Aryeh Deri. All are contending for the mayoralty of Rehovot, and using well-designed Web sites, image consultants, and private detectives in their quest.
This is the third time in a year that the residents of Rehovot have been asked to go to the polls - on December 1. The move comes after the mayor who was elected a year ago in a runoff, Yehoshua Forer, was convicted in court of breach of trust, a crime that involves moral turpitude. Advertisement
Those competing for the slot are the former MK, Rahamim Maloul, an ultra-Orthodox member of Shas who was acting mayor in the past few months and denies that he has Forer's support; the former CEO of the Meuhedet HMO, Uzi Salant; and the businessman, Ami Feinstein.
A great deal of bad blood has been drawn in the city of 110,000 in the past few days. It seems everyone is busy attacking everyone else, everyone is making promises, and behind the scenes, the private eyes employed by Feinstein are looking for smoking guns in the municipality and in the HMO that Salant directed.
All the candidates claim the surveys are predicting a large or a slight victory for them, depending whom you ask. Salant and Feinstein have no problem expressing their fears about Rehovot becoming ultra-Orthodox - something they believe will happen if Maloul wins the race.
The two do not suffice with attacking their common rival. Salant boasts about his past as the HMO's director and says he is responsible for its success, and about his military past as an artillery commander with the rank of colonel.
Feinstein claims that Salant completed his army service with the rank of second lieutenant and rose in the ranks only during his service in the reserves.
On the other hand, Salant's aides are wondering about the circumstances in which Feinstein ended his term as chairman of the Israel Volleyball Association amid suspicions of financial irregularities. They say that people with vested interests are helping him to run for mayor "because they want to unfreeze land and improve its status."
Fear and loathing
It is natural for a closeted skeleton to be actively exposed in election campaigns of this kind. Feinstein, who served as deputy mayor several years ago, is a fifth generation Rehovot native and the scion of a family of orchard owners who were among its founders. He shoots from the hip and accuses the municipality of being "a mafia that collects protection money from the residents."
He sent private investigators to follow senior officials in order to prove that Maloul is using the municipal mechanism to help in his election next week.
A few days ago, Feinstein complained to police about Salant's "doings" in the HMO he directed. "I complained only now because two days before that I got the relevant material," he explained about the problematic timing.
He also started taking legal action against Likud, which is now supporting Maloul - who left Shas to join its ranks. Feinstein claims that he has been a Likud member for longer and that if the governing party wants to intervene in the municipal field, it should support him.
The court ruled that the Likud must support neither candidate. Maloul is furious and plans to petition the High Court of Justice.
Feinstein is a man of the times: Tomorrow he will hold a bar mitzvah party for his son, Oz, in a local reception hall that he owns. He promises that it will be attended by VIPs so that the family celebration will give his campaign a pre-election boost. He says that Minister Silvan Shalom will attend, and perhaps also Shalom's wife, Judy.
A year ago, Feinstein returned from a six-year stint in Australia where he says he had successful business ventures in construction, art and the food industry. When his children came on a visit to Israel and decided they wanted to remain here, he and his wife Nirit packed their bags and came back.
"I shut some of the businesses there and others are still ongoing," he explained. An Israeli friend, Nir Peled, who has lived in Sydney for many years, is taking care of his business interests. What kind of business? Feinstein does not want to say. "I'll show you my declaration of assets," he says, but it is not handy.
Uzi Salant dresses in a fancy suit and tie, surrounded by dozens of activists and two public relations consultants. The situation in Rehovot reminds him of the Second Lebanon War, he says.
"Just like there, here there are no work plans, no objectives have been defined and what comes out is half tea and half coffee. Rehovot is deteriorating. The city is filthy. At every meeting with residents they ask when the city will be clean. I plan to do for Rehovot what I did for the Meuhedet HMO, which has taken first place in the health system," he says.
Half a year ago, when he replaced Forer as mayor, Maloul announced that his black skullcap meant nothing other than that he had faith - certainly not that he intended to turn Rehovot into an ultra-Orthodox city.
Feinstein was not convinced. "He is an Aryeh Deri man. When Deri goes back into politics ... Rehovot will be his outpost thanks to Maloul. Right now Deri is setting up sleeper cells all over the country
Labels: Rehovot Elections, Rehovot Municipality
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Rehovot to elect new mayor today to replace ousted Shuki Forer
By Noah Kosharek, Haaretz.com
The residents of Rehovot will head to the polls today to elect a new mayor to replace ousted mayor Shuki Forer. Forer left office as mayor of the 110,000-resident city after being convicted in a plea agreement of breach of trust. He claimed that he should not be disqualified from staying on as mayor, but the district court rejected Forer's appeal, ruling that his crime involved moral turpitude and required that he step down. A further appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected two months ago.
The three current mayoral candidates are Rahamim Maloul, who has been acting mayor for the past several months and is a Likud city council member formerly affiliated with Shas; Ami Feinstein, a businessman and former deputy mayor who recently returned to Israel after living in Australia; and councilman Uzi Salant, a former director general of the Meuhedet health maintenance organization who lost to Forer in the mayoral elections held last year. Advertisement
The first two candidates both claimed to be endorsed by the Likud party, but a court ruled that in fact neither is. Salant has the support of Kadima.
Last year's election was decided in two rounds after none of the candidates earned the required 40 percent of the vote in the first round. In the event that none of the three candidates in today's election clears the 40 percent threshold, a second round will again be necessary.
The residents of Rehovot will head to the polls today to elect a new mayor to replace ousted mayor Shuki Forer. Forer left office as mayor of the 110,000-resident city after being convicted in a plea agreement of breach of trust. He claimed that he should not be disqualified from staying on as mayor, but the district court rejected Forer's appeal, ruling that his crime involved moral turpitude and required that he step down. A further appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected two months ago.
The three current mayoral candidates are Rahamim Maloul, who has been acting mayor for the past several months and is a Likud city council member formerly affiliated with Shas; Ami Feinstein, a businessman and former deputy mayor who recently returned to Israel after living in Australia; and councilman Uzi Salant, a former director general of the Meuhedet health maintenance organization who lost to Forer in the mayoral elections held last year. Advertisement
The first two candidates both claimed to be endorsed by the Likud party, but a court ruled that in fact neither is. Salant has the support of Kadima.
Last year's election was decided in two rounds after none of the candidates earned the required 40 percent of the vote in the first round. In the event that none of the three candidates in today's election clears the 40 percent threshold, a second round will again be necessary.
Labels: Little Orange News, Rehovot Elections
Friday, November 20, 2009
Rehovot 3D virtual tour now!
So clear, so simple! Make Rehovot 3d virtual tour now, thanks to this YouTube video.
Labels: Rehovot History
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Maloul: secular population of Rehovot need not worry; the city will stay open on Shabbat
Rehovot to vote for new mayor
By Edna Shemesh, JPost.com
Rehovot residents will go to the polls for the third time in a year on Tuesday to vote in a new mayor.
Only last November, Shuky Forer was voted in for a third term after a second round of voting despite an ongoing investigation against him for supplying municipal work without tender to a contractor who had contributed money to one of Forer's previous election campaigns. That investigation culminated in an indictment shortly before the election and on December 31, 2008, Forer pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to breach of trust.
He was forced to to leave office at the end of March this year after the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court ruled that his crimes constituted moral turpitude, and he was replaced by Rahamim Maloul (Shas).
The rejection of his appeal to the High Court of Justice in September 2009 to drop "moral turpitude" paved the way for Tuesday's re-run.
Competing against Maloul for the job are Uzi Salant, running as an independent, but with the backing of Kadima, and Ami Feinstein, (Independent).
Salant, a former general manager of Kupat-Holim Meuchedet, dragged Forer to a second round of voting last time around and the latest poll - albeit commissioned by Salant - shows him taking 41.7% of the vote. Feinstein is forecast to come in second with 29.9% ahead of Maloul on 28.2%. Turnout for the poll is forecast at 58.6%.
Feinstein, who returned to Rehovot after six years in Australia, will be making his third attempt to be elected as Rehovot's Mayor, after defeats in 1993 and in 1998.
"I am a pragmatic person and an experienced manager, and I came back home because I want to serve the residents of Rehovot," Feinstein told Metro.
Despite being behind in the polls, Feinstein has already achieved one campaign victory. When informed that soldiers from Rehovot would not be able to vote as the IDF does not provide ballot boxes and voting stations for local elections, Feinstein petitioned to the High Court of Justice and won: All the Rehovot soldiers will get a one-day furlough and will be allowed to exercise their right to vote.
Acting Mayor Maloul had been ahead of Feinstein in the polls, but has found himself under attack of late from both the secular and religious camps.
Some 25 percent of Rehovot's population is religious with haredim accounting for around 10 percent.
On campaign billboards, Maloul's black kippa seems to be carefully hidden, which, according to skeptics, has only enhanced the fear that he merely presents himself as a pluralist whereas he might "shut down the city during Shabbat."
In an interview Maloul gave to one of the local newspapers recently, he announced that the secular population of Rehovot need not worry and that the city will stay open on Shabbat. This was met by outraged reactions from the haredi community who put up 'pashkevilim' against him. This has left Maloul very cautious during his interviews to the local media, doing his best to appear pluralistic, as he truly believes he is.
Feinstein is counting on his business record and connections to propel him to success. "I brought the train to Rehovot thanks to my connections in the government, I helped open the city on Friday nights and I contributed to the foundation of 'Park Hamada,' the hi-tech park," says Feinstein.
But despite the promises of all the candidates, not all the residents of Rehovot are convinced.
"Rehovot has been in a wretched condition for years," says Tali Nachmias, 46, a sales manager in a printing business. "The municipality doesn't care about us at all. They have a zillion workers and they keep wasting the tax-payers' money."
On election-day, if none of the candidates gets 40 percent of the votes, the residents of Rehovot will have to go out again, for round four.
By Edna Shemesh, JPost.com
Rehovot residents will go to the polls for the third time in a year on Tuesday to vote in a new mayor.
Only last November, Shuky Forer was voted in for a third term after a second round of voting despite an ongoing investigation against him for supplying municipal work without tender to a contractor who had contributed money to one of Forer's previous election campaigns. That investigation culminated in an indictment shortly before the election and on December 31, 2008, Forer pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to breach of trust.
He was forced to to leave office at the end of March this year after the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court ruled that his crimes constituted moral turpitude, and he was replaced by Rahamim Maloul (Shas).
The rejection of his appeal to the High Court of Justice in September 2009 to drop "moral turpitude" paved the way for Tuesday's re-run.
Competing against Maloul for the job are Uzi Salant, running as an independent, but with the backing of Kadima, and Ami Feinstein, (Independent).
Salant, a former general manager of Kupat-Holim Meuchedet, dragged Forer to a second round of voting last time around and the latest poll - albeit commissioned by Salant - shows him taking 41.7% of the vote. Feinstein is forecast to come in second with 29.9% ahead of Maloul on 28.2%. Turnout for the poll is forecast at 58.6%.
Feinstein, who returned to Rehovot after six years in Australia, will be making his third attempt to be elected as Rehovot's Mayor, after defeats in 1993 and in 1998.
"I am a pragmatic person and an experienced manager, and I came back home because I want to serve the residents of Rehovot," Feinstein told Metro.
Despite being behind in the polls, Feinstein has already achieved one campaign victory. When informed that soldiers from Rehovot would not be able to vote as the IDF does not provide ballot boxes and voting stations for local elections, Feinstein petitioned to the High Court of Justice and won: All the Rehovot soldiers will get a one-day furlough and will be allowed to exercise their right to vote.
Acting Mayor Maloul had been ahead of Feinstein in the polls, but has found himself under attack of late from both the secular and religious camps.
Some 25 percent of Rehovot's population is religious with haredim accounting for around 10 percent.
On campaign billboards, Maloul's black kippa seems to be carefully hidden, which, according to skeptics, has only enhanced the fear that he merely presents himself as a pluralist whereas he might "shut down the city during Shabbat."
In an interview Maloul gave to one of the local newspapers recently, he announced that the secular population of Rehovot need not worry and that the city will stay open on Shabbat. This was met by outraged reactions from the haredi community who put up 'pashkevilim' against him. This has left Maloul very cautious during his interviews to the local media, doing his best to appear pluralistic, as he truly believes he is.
Feinstein is counting on his business record and connections to propel him to success. "I brought the train to Rehovot thanks to my connections in the government, I helped open the city on Friday nights and I contributed to the foundation of 'Park Hamada,' the hi-tech park," says Feinstein.
But despite the promises of all the candidates, not all the residents of Rehovot are convinced.
"Rehovot has been in a wretched condition for years," says Tali Nachmias, 46, a sales manager in a printing business. "The municipality doesn't care about us at all. They have a zillion workers and they keep wasting the tax-payers' money."
On election-day, if none of the candidates gets 40 percent of the votes, the residents of Rehovot will have to go out again, for round four.
Labels: Rehovot Elections, Rehovot Mayor
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Rehovot Mall ranked as Israel's 9th leading shopping mall
Malcha ranked as Israel's leading shopping mall: The Jerusalem mall displaced Ramat Aviv as number one in "Globes" top ten malls.
By Ilanit Hayut, 17 Nov 09 18:36
Jerusalem's Malcha mall is Israel's new leading shopping mall according to "Globes" 2009 shopping mall top ten. Malcha, owned by Azrieli Group, displaced the Ramat Aviv Mall, which slipped down to third place. The Ramat Aviv Mall was recently sold by Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY) to Ofer Brothers unit Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR), which also owns the Kyrion Mall in Haifa Bay, which moved up to second spot in this year's rankings from fourth in 2008.
The Azrieli shopping mall in Tel Aviv stayed in fourth place, while Herzliya's Seven Stars Mall, owned by Israel Land Development Company (TASE: ILDC) moved up from seventh place to fifth place. Unchanged in sixth place is Azrieli Group's Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan, the country's first-ever mall opened in 1985. In seventh place, down from fifth, is Eilat's Mul Hayam Mall, followed by Petah Tikvah's Hagadol Mall in eighth, the Rehovot Mall in ninth, up from twelfth. Rishon Lezion's Hazahav Mall and Haifa's Grand Canyon Mall tied for tenth place...
Read full article at Globes
By Ilanit Hayut, 17 Nov 09 18:36
Jerusalem's Malcha mall is Israel's new leading shopping mall according to "Globes" 2009 shopping mall top ten. Malcha, owned by Azrieli Group, displaced the Ramat Aviv Mall, which slipped down to third place. The Ramat Aviv Mall was recently sold by Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY) to Ofer Brothers unit Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR), which also owns the Kyrion Mall in Haifa Bay, which moved up to second spot in this year's rankings from fourth in 2008.
The Azrieli shopping mall in Tel Aviv stayed in fourth place, while Herzliya's Seven Stars Mall, owned by Israel Land Development Company (TASE: ILDC) moved up from seventh place to fifth place. Unchanged in sixth place is Azrieli Group's Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan, the country's first-ever mall opened in 1985. In seventh place, down from fifth, is Eilat's Mul Hayam Mall, followed by Petah Tikvah's Hagadol Mall in eighth, the Rehovot Mall in ninth, up from twelfth. Rishon Lezion's Hazahav Mall and Haifa's Grand Canyon Mall tied for tenth place...
Read full article at Globes
Labels: Rehovot Shopping
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Rehovot to loose about 1500 jobs
Applied Materials announced it would cut 1,300 to 1,500 jobs over the next 18 months, including about 50 in the headquarters of its Israeli branch in Rehovot, which has 900 employees. Those to be fired will be informed next week. The company will fire 10%-12% of its workforce globally, and the move is expected to save $450 million a year. The company makes equipment for the semiconductor industry.
Ido Solomon, Haaretz.com
Ido Solomon, Haaretz.com
Monday, November 09, 2009
Rehovot's Kaplan hospital doctors witnessed medical miracle
by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
A 71-year-old woman who went into clinical death after nearly drowning off an Ashdod beach three weeks ago has fully recovered, thanks to intensive treatment at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
Her doctors called it a "medical miracle" that she regained conscoiiusness and showed dramatic improvement.
The fact that she received 40 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the beach and that her body temperature from the cold water slowed her heartbeat helped her survive.
Dr. Steven Melnick, head of the hospital's internal medicine C department, said hospital staffers "never give up" on such patients.
Read full article at JPost.com
A 71-year-old woman who went into clinical death after nearly drowning off an Ashdod beach three weeks ago has fully recovered, thanks to intensive treatment at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
Her doctors called it a "medical miracle" that she regained conscoiiusness and showed dramatic improvement.
The fact that she received 40 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the beach and that her body temperature from the cold water slowed her heartbeat helped her survive.
Dr. Steven Melnick, head of the hospital's internal medicine C department, said hospital staffers "never give up" on such patients.
Read full article at JPost.com
Labels: Rehovot Health, Rehovot Medical Services
