Ashkelon Roundabouts
Ashkelon uses a lot of roundabouts to enable traffic to flow smoothly. Many of the roundabouts have a sculpture or structure that uses a maritime theme. Below are just some of the roundabouts in Ashkelon. [...]
The Sarcophagi Garden
Tucked away in the center of the Afridar Center is an archeological garden with some very impressive artifacts. The outer circle is lined with various artifacts, including columns and other findings from Ashkelon. The center of the space holds two sarcophagi that are considered to be the best Greek marble sarcophagi from the Roman period. [...]
Sheik Awad Tomb
From 1250 to 1517 Egypt and Syria was ruled by the Mamluk Dynasty. The Sheik Awad tomb from the Mamluk period is located close to Bar Kokhba beach and the Harlington Hotel.
Mosaic Floor
Located very close to the Harlington Hotel is where a Byzantine church was located. All that remains is a mosaic floor, open to the sky. There is a Greek inscription that can be seen in this photo. Look for a low cement wall surrounding the floor, just north of Abba Ahimeir St. Photo by Effie [...]
Beit Eli
Beit Eli, located in the Afridar neighborhood of Ashkelon, was the vacation home of Israel's second president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, and his wife, Rachel Yanait. They purchased it as a vacation home to be near near the home of their son Amram, who came to Ashkelon in the early 1950s, from Jerusalem to manage the Egged [...]
Street Art in Ashkelon
Street Art in Ashkelon Project This striking mural was created by Royyal Dog. The mural was spray painted directly on to the wall. It was part of a larger Artists 4 Israel painting program done in late Fall of 2019 and took one week to complete. Artist Royyal Dog (Chris Chanyang [...]
Rachel
Rachel Rachel has lived in Israel since 2002 and relocated from Ramat Beit Shemesh to Ashkelon in 2013. She describes her Hebrew as “minimal” but is able to get along. Rachel said: “I know firsthand that a new resident can live here not being fluent in Hebrew, but it is [...]
Marvin and Oshrat
Marvin and Oshrat Marvin and Oshrat moved to Ashkelon in 2015. Marvin made Aliyah from the U.S. in 2007 and Oshrat was born in Israel. Prior to living in Ashkelon, they had been living in Ramla, a medium-sized city in the Shfela, located in between Lod and Rehovot. As teachers [...]
Zev and Esther
Zev and Esther Zev’s ties to Ashkelon go way back. Zev, a graduate of Yeshiva University and a student of Rabbi S. Riskin, never lived in Ashkelon. Zev lived in Baltimore Maryland, but his parents lived here for 20 years and he used to visit them often. So, after he [...]
Beit Itzchak David – Afridar/Marina – Orthodox
Location: Ground Floor, 20 Yefe Nof, Ashkelon Beit Itzchak David is situated between the entrance to Delila Beach and the Marina, on Yefe Nof (on other side to the beach, 1st building next to the car park). The shul was started by Asher Zwebner, the first service being held on Shabbat Noah 2016 (5777) [...]