People and places
The stories of Rishon LeZion.
Homes, streets and memorial sites.
The people who left something of themselves here.
Zalman David Levontin
The young Chabad Hasid who understood that Zionism could not be built on vision and hoes alone, but also needed a sound bank balance and capital investment. The man who founded the Anglo-Palestine Bank and raised the substantial funds that made it possible to build a state from scratch.
Nechama Pukhachevsky
The woman who rebelled against the conventions of the colony, fought for equal rights for women, and wrote daring Hebrew literature. The first Eretz-Israeli woman writer refused to remain on the margins of history and paved the way for all women.
3 place links in this collection
- Grave of Zalman David Levontin, Ganei Esther Cemetery, Rishon LeZion
- Tomb of Nehama Pukhachevsky, Ganei Esther Cemetery, Rishon LeZion
- Grave of Zalman David Levontin, Ganei Esther Cemetery, Rishon LeZion