News archive: 'College town' Rehovot attracts property entrepreneurs

"Tuesday, December 3, 2002 -- It doesn't have the same charm or cachet as Cambridge, England or Cambridge, Boston, but Rehovot, once a farming community 20 minutes away from Tel Aviv by train and now home to the renowned Weizmann Institute, may be Israel's closest approximation to a college town. Until recently, when the 105,000-residents were linked to Tel Aviv by the railroad, Rehovot was a simple hamlet surrounded by almond groves and ... "

Source: Jessica Steinberg. Daily Section Economics: 'College town' Rehovot attracts property entrepreneurs Jerusalem Post (3 December 2002) p.11 [Search FullText]