Magdiel (school)
Magdiel (Hebrew: מגדיאל) is a Youth Aliyah boarding school in Hod Hasharon, Israel.
History
[edit]Magdiel was established as a home and school for children who survived the Holocaust.[1] Its location, Magdiel, was an agricultural village founded in 1924 by Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland and Lithuania, later joined by a group from the Netherlands.[2]
In 1964, the village of Magdiel, along with Ramatayim, Hadar, and Ramat Hadar, merged to become Hod Hasharon.[2]
Other schools at Magdiel include a comprehensive secondary school and a technical vocational boarding school of the ORT educational network.
Notable residents
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NJ Jewish News | Survivor describes escape route through Christianity and back again". www.njjewishnews.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-15.
- ^ a b Encyclopaedia Judaica, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972, Vol. 8, p. 802, "Hod Ha-Sharon"