Giv'at Olga
Giv'at Olga (Hebrew: גבעת אולגה, "Olga's Hill") is a neighborhood of the Israeli city of Hadera. It was named after Olga Hankin, the wife of the Zionist activist Yehoshua Hankin.[1] It was founded in 1949 around the house Hankin built known as Olga Hankin's House (Beit Olga Hankin or simply Beit Hankin).[2][3]
Beit Olga Hankin
Olga's House is built on a kurkar cliff, which Hankin named Olga's Hill (after which the neighborhood was named). The cliff is part of the Sharon coastal ridge. The house was built in the Bauhaus style and oversees the Kfar Hayam beach of the Binyamin Bay.[4] For a long Olga's House was in the state of neglect and disrepair.[2][3] Eventually in 2004 the house was renovated and a restaurant was opened in it operated by Eric Vashdi, a long-time manager of Beit Hankin. However in 2021 the site was shut down because the coastal cliff upon which it stands is unstable. At the same time works have been started to stabilize this part the coastal area.[4]
For another house of Hankins, see Ma'ayan Harod#House and tomb of Yehoshua Hankin
Science, sports, recreation
Giv'at Olga is the location of the Technoda (Hadera Technoda), an educational center for science and technology, equipped with a state-of-the-art telescope and planetarium.[5]
During 1953-2015 Giv'at Olga had a football club.[6]
Olga Beach Nature Reserve is southeast of the neighborhood.
Notable residents
- Yehoshua Hankin
- Olga Hankin
- Moshe Kahlon (born here in 1960), Israeli politician
- Or Kahlon (born here in 1988), Israeli dancer
- Tzuri Gueta
- Isaac Bachman
See also
References
- ^ "Women on the Map - Olga Hankin". women.org.il. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2019-01-06., citing "BELKIND-HANKIN, OLGA", in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
- ^ a b "Givat Olga"
- ^ a b Ofer Regev,"בית אולגה חנקין - אל המנוחה ואל הנחלה - ישראל". מסע אחר (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- ^ a b Mirit Golan (2021-08-11). "כואב הלב: בית חנקין, אחד מסמלי העיר חדרה נסגר באופן מיידי". mynethadera (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- ^ "NJ Jewish News on-line - Reach for the stars". njjewishnews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ FC Givat Olga: History F.C