People and places
The stories of Motza.
Homes, streets and memorial sites.
The people who left something of themselves here.
Dov Klimker
The brilliant chemist who recognized industrial gold in the wine-making residues of the wineries in Zichron Yaakov and Rishon LeZion. The scientist who built the Hebrew chemical industry from nothing and turned agricultural waste into a thriving manufacturing enterprise.
Yehezkel Danin
The entrepreneur who abandoned the Diaspora surname Suchowolski, drew the first lot in Ahuzat Bayit, and established a Hebrew kindergarten. The pioneer who understood that a new land demanded a new language, advanced Hebrew education, and urban roots.
Yechiel Michel Steinberg
The snowstorm that destroyed Jerusalem's rooftops led to an architectural revolution brought straight from the Templer builders. The story of a practical man who learned the secrets of European construction and changed the skyline of the Land of Israel forever.
Mordechai Maklef
At just nine years old, he witnessed the horrific massacre of his family in their home in Motza. His personal ordeal shaped him into the youngest chief of staff in the history of the IDF.
Shmuel Broza
Motsa's uncompromising agricultural emblem, on whose land Herzl chose to plant the historic cedar as a testament to the inspiring dignity of Jewish labor.
5 place links in this collection
- Makleff House in Motza
- Broza House, Motza
- Motza
- Motza, the Red House
- Valley of the Cedars, Motza