Focusing on Rehovot: JPost Article View 1999

"REHOVOT is a city which preserves the memories of its historical past while still looking to the future. A bustling city of some 103,000 inhabitants, located about 30 minutes drive from Tel Aviv, it is also home to high tech industries, an excellent educational framework and a number of carefully preserved historical structures.

First established in 1890 as an agricultural settlement by a group of pioneers from Eastern Europe, Rehovot based its early development on agricultural cultivation, particularly on grapes and citrus fruit."

Source: Juan de la Roca. Focusing on Rehovot. Jerusalem Post (11 June 1999) [Search FullText]