Simon says: "Let's find out about the Story of Jerusalem's Gymnasia in Rehavia.
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On Keren Kayemet LeIsrael Street in Jerusalem's elegant Rehavia neighborhood stands a building that tells the story of a cultural revolution - & once again, proof (if it were needed) that Jews were living in the Land of Israel - or Mandatory Palestine as it was then known - long before 1948.
The Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Hebrew Gymnasium was founded in 1905 by a group of visionary intellectuals - including Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (later Israel's second president), Dr. Naftali & Hannah Weitz, Rachel Yanait & Yehoshua Barzilai, who decided to establish a modern Hebrew-secular educational framework for the young people of the Land.
The radical innovation? Boys & girls studying together. In early 20th-century Jerusalem, that was nothing short of revolutionary!
The building itself tells a story; inaugurated in 1929 after years of moving between temporary locations (Zichron Moshe, the Bukharim neighborhood & elsewhere), the permanent stone structure in Rehavia was designed to reflect the growing prestige of the neighbourhood & the national institutions being built there. The mission was clear: revive the Hebrew language & culture, educate a new generation of Hebrew speakers & fill a critical gap in Jerusalem's educational provisions.
The move to its permanent home was driven by necessity; expanding student numbers demanded more space......but also by ambition. Placing the Gymnasium near the national institutions cemented its status as a symbol of the Hebrew language, culture & the future of the capital city, Jerusalem.
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Photographs show the school in 1940 [Credit: The Zionist Archives], & the present day, [Credit: Danny Gershoni Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0]
- plus a Memorial wall at the entrance to. the building of former students - fallen soldiers & terror attacks victims.
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