Giv'at Olga
History
Givat Olga, founded in 1949, was named for Olga Hankin, the wife of the Zionist activist Yehoshua Hankin,[1] who built his home on a kurkar on the Sharon coastal ridge.
Landmarks
Beit Hankin, built in the Bauhaus style, oversees Kfar Hayam beach of the Binyamin Bay.[2] After years of neglect, a restaurant was opened there.[3][4] In 2021, the site was shut down because the coastal cliff was crumbling and work began to stabilize it.[2]
Giv'at Olga is the location of the Technoda an educational interactive museum of science, medicine and technology, equipped with a state-of-the-art telescope and planetarium.[5]
Olga Beach and Tel Gador Nature Reserve is southwest of the neighborhood.
Sports
F.C. Givat Olga was a local football club that operated in 1953-2015.[6]
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
- Mirit Golan (2021-08-11). "כואב הלב: בית חנקין, אחד מסמלי העיר חדרה נסגר באופן מיידי". mynethadera (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- "Givat Olga"
- Ofer Regev,"בית אולגה חנקין - אל המנוחה ואל הנחלה - ישראל". מסע אחר (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