Ra'anana

Ra ʿ anana (Hebrew רעננה, Arabic رعنانا, lit. " Fresh" ) is a city in central Israel. It was established on April 2, 1922. Ra ʿ anana bordered to the east by the city of Kfar Saba and Herzliya on the southwest by and the moshav Givat Chen.

History

The story of Ra ʿ pineapple begins in 1912 with the founding of Ahuza Alef -. New York, an organization that supported the Jewish settlement in what was then Palestine, was thinking about starting an agricultural settlement. The plans for the building were thrown due to the First World War overboard, but were resumed in 1922.

On April 2, 1922, the first people came with two cars from Tel Aviv, four members of the Ahuza group, three workers and two armed mercenaries.

Initially the settlement was called Raananya, a name, which the American citizens had in mind. The neighboring Arab settlements named the village jokingly Americaya, because a large part of the population came from the USA. In the end, they decided on the name Ra ʿ anana (from heb. Ra ʿ anan ( רענן ) = fresh)

In 1936 the city to a local Council, under the British occupation was.

1981 got Ra ʿ anana the status of a city.

Ra ʿ anana is the winner of several titles - such as the greenest city in Israel. In addition, she was awarded the status of a safe society by WHO. Ra ʿ anana became the first city in the Middle East who got this item.

Population

According to the census lived in Ra ʿ anana in December 2005 71.900 people, most of whom were Jews. The population growth is about 2 percent. Ra ʿ anana has a high reputation within Israel, which is why her 8 out of 10 points awarded by the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel. 2003, the average monthly salary Ra ʿ ananans 9363 shekels, nearly 3,300 shekels to the Israeli average.

Many of the inhabitants are immigrants from English-speaking countries such as the USA, UK and South Africa.

Economy

The northern part of the city has evolved over time to an industrial area, especially for manufacturers of high technologies. For example, SAP, Texas Instruments, Hewlett -Packard or Emblaze. The company is listed on the NYSE and the Amdocs software company NICE Systems operate as branches in Ra ʿ anana, such as Microsoft Israel his headquarters. The most significant local company, the Group is now taken over by Universal Communication Systems Millennium Electric, among others, Manufactures solar modules.

Sports

The city is home to two football clubs. The current first division team Hapoel Ra'anana and the niederklassigere Bnei Ra ʿ anana. Until recent years, Ra ʿ anana had its own basketball team in the top league Israeli ( Maccabi Ironi Ra ʿ anana ). Since the closure together with Bnei Herzlia means the team Bnei haScharon. Maccabi Ra ʿ anana - a handball team from the 2nd league is also based in Ra ʿ anana. The city is also a tennis center available, which hosts the occasional Israeli tournaments. There are also two football pitches, a bowling center, a squad places and some street soccer courts.

Education

Ra ʿ anana has 13 elementary schools, five junior high schools and 8 secondary schools.

Mayor of the City

  • Baruch Ostrovsky (1931-1960, Pasweig took over for him the business since 1955 )
  • Michael Pasweig (1955-1957, 1959-1960)
  • Yitzchak Shcolnik (1960-1969)
  • Benyamin Wolfuvich (1969-1989)
  • Zeev Bielski (1989-2005)
  • Nachum Chofri ( since September 2005)

Personalities

Twinning

  • Bramsche Germany (Lower Saxony) since 1978
  • Germany Goslar (Lower Saxony) since 2006
  • Opsterland Netherlands (Netherlands) since 1963
  • France Boulogne- Billancourt (France) since 1994
  • Italy Verona ( Italy) since 1998
  • China Republic of Tainan (Taiwan) since 1999
  • United States Atlanta (Georgia, USA) since 2001.
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