Chabad House – Beit Moshe and Hannah – Afridar
Location: Corner of HaLuz and HaEshel in Afridar The Chabad House has existed for about five years and has a family and cohesive atmosphere. Our emphasis is on joint activities, classes, classes, lectures. The activities involve young and old, veteran immigrants, ultra-Orthodox, religious and secular. Morning prayer every morning at 06:15 Shabbat prayers according to the schedule. The Chabad House also runs the "Community Fridge" project, in which people can give to others, and [...]
Review: The Founding of Modern Ashkelon by David Zwebner
The Founding of Modern Ashkelon by David Zwebner Reviewed by Stephen Epstein Photos are courtesy of the Government Press Office. Four months ago, our family moved to Ashkelon and soon afterward, was gifted a copy of The Founding of Modern Ashkelon by David Zwebner. The book opened up the little-known history of the city and the connection with a Jewish community outside Israel in the early days of the modern state. In the preface to [...]
Ashkelon Shooting Range
Ashkelon, like many large Israeli cities has a shooting range. The Ashkelon range is centrally located at Eli Cohen and Ben-Zvi and is open four times a week for practice. The range covers air pistol, air rifle and 22 calibre ranges and only Olympic style shooting events. If want to start practicing for that gold medal or if you simply want relax with some target shooting, this is the place to start. Coach: Boris Phone: [...]
Capture of al-Majdal
November 5, 1948 is the anniversary of the capture of al-Majdal in the War of Independence. Background In 1948 Egypt sent around 10,000 troops under the command of Major General Ahmad Ali al-Mwawi to Palestine in April 1948. Mwawi had separated his forces into two parts, one to march towards Jerusalem, the other to advance up the coast to Tel Aviv. The Battle of Yad Mordechai During the war, the Egyptian army occupied a [...]
The “Wild” Side of Ashkelon
One of the things that we enjoy so much about living in Ashkelon is the amount of wildlife we see. Ashkelon is so full of green spaces that there are plenty of places for them to live in. We often see mongooses crossing the streets to get to their habitat and even the occasional fox, walking through the parks at night. A few minutes ago we walked out of our apartment building and came [...]
Ashkelon123.com Added to Wikipedia
The Ashkelon123.com website was added to the Ashkelon Wikipedia page as an external link. Since Wikipedia pages can be edited by the general public, editors have to deal with individuals and companies who edit Wikipedia trying to add extraneous external links on pages in order to gain an advantage with their search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. As a result, external links are scrutinized carefully and chosen based on relevance to the topic. Wikipedia guidelines state: [...]
Yochananof Opens a Branch in Ashkelon’s Globus Center.
Yochananof just opened a branch in Ashkelon's Globus Center. This popular supermarket chain is well known in the Rehovot, Nes Ziona, Rishon areas and is now open in Ashkelon. Their hours are: Sunday: 9:00 - 21:00 Monday: 9:00 - 21:30 Tuesday: 9:00 - 21:30 Wednesday: 8:00 - 22:00 Thursday: 8:00 - 23:00 Friday (winters): 7:00 - 13:30 Friday (summers) 7:00 - 15:00 Phone: 076-817-6250
The Desha HaGadol
Running through the heart of Afridar is a very large park that is called the "Desha HaGadol", which literally means the "great lawn". We have not seen an English translation that really describes this wonderful urban park that forms the center of Afridar. Whatever it is called, the Desha HaGadol is quite unique for an Israeli city. Running from Sderot Drom Africa on the east down to the corner of Aliza Tagar and Sderot [...]
Smart Defibrillator Devices in Ashkelon
Magen David Adom placed four smart defibrillator devices in Ashkelon in honor of Dr. Oren Zusman, a cardiologist who died of heart failure at the age of 37. By using a smart station a person can call MDA during an emergency and receive guidance over the phone to help the person in need. Paramedics are called at the same time. ...Other such stations were made in Bar Kochva Promenade, near Ort school named after Henry [...]
Sundial Garden
At the top of the Desha HaGadol is a sundial garden, made up of difference sculptures by the Israeli artist Yigal Tumarkin, using the sundial theme. While the large sundial at the seaside has demarcations in order to tell the time, these sundials are mainly abstract in nature. While they are fascinating to look at, many of the sculptures are now in the shadows of nearby trees that look over the garden, casting shadows [...]
Zephaniah Square
The Afridar Center is actually located at the edge of Afridar, but forms a business and shopping center for all those living in Afridar and the surrounding neighborhoods. Situated at the top of the Desha HaGadol, the area has restaurants, shops, banks and other retail outlets. The center of the Afridar Center is the Zephania Square, a grassy square with trees, bushes and two historic plaques. The building of Afridar was a unique event in [...]
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