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61-561: The company's General Director is Zach Granite who replaced Hanna Munitz who held the post from 1995 until 2016. Its music director as of 2018 is Dan Ettinger Opera in pre-statehood Israel was established by Mordechai Golinkin. Having heard the Balfour Declaration in 1917, Golinkin, a Jewish conductor born in the Russian Empire , founded a Jewish choir, the purpose of which was making enough money to found an Opera in

122-469: A beach promenade. Heychal HaTarbut (Hall of Culture) is a venue for classical concerts , theatre performances and cultural events. It has a larger theatre for shows and two smaller ones for art workshops. The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion has participated in music festivals all over the world. It was awarded the ACUM Prize in 1991. The city also has beautiful architecture and museums like

183-402: A long-time member of Ligat HaAl , the top division. The team plays at Bet Maccabi Arena, which seats 2,500. Maccabi The team was a rival to Israel's top club and European champion, Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1990s. It was a surprise Ligat HaAl champion in the 2015–16 season. The Maccabi Rishon LeZion handball team is a long-time member of Ligat Ha'Al , the top division. Maccabi Rishon LeZion

244-537: A newly shortened, modified version of Imber's poem, creating the modern Israeli National Anthem, the Hatikvah . In 1888, the medicine house, the baron's stables, and the baron's clerks house were built. In 1889 the building in which the Carmel-Mizrahi Winery is located was built. A telephone was added to the winery in 1891 and in 1898 electricity was installed. In 1890, a palm boulevard was planted in

305-780: A partnership between the Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv and the Israel Chamber Orchestra . Uri Offer, the then general director of the Cameri Theatre, was appointed general director of the New Israeli Opera, a post he held for a decade, and Yoav Talmi, who was the music director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra, was appointed music director of the New Israeli Opera. In the 1987/88 season the New Israeli Opera's first production

366-617: A population of 103,000. In 2006, 222,300 people were living in the city. By 2020, the population is expected to reach 253,600. In 2007, the Rishon LeZion Municipality was awarded the Ministry of Interior Prize for Proper Management. In 2016, the Israeli government approved the expansion of Rishon LeZion onto sand dunes west of the city, upon which one of the largest commercial and residential construction projects in

427-487: A population of 359. Five years later, the figure had risen to 380, and by 1900, to 526. In 1900, the management of the village was transferred from the baron's office to the village council and the Jewish Colonization Association . Israel's first Prime Minister , David Ben-Gurion , worked in the winery for two months in the summer of 1907. In 1910, the village bell was constructed next to

488-443: A population of around 270,000 by 2030. Its population growth rate is about 5% per year. The majority of the city's residents are Jews . Rishon LeZion's main industries today are wine , construction , services and commerce . Factories and workshops are located in the old industrial zone, which has become a popular venue for pubs , dance clubs, and restaurants. Industry in the city is largely divided into two industrial centers:

549-418: A young resident of Rishon with a musical background, observed the emotional response of the local Jewish farmers to Imber's poem. Using his musical skill, he put the poem to music. Cohen's musical composition was an adaptation of a Moldavian/Romanian folk song, "Carul cu Boi" ("The Cart with Oxen"). The catalyst of Cohen's musical adaptation facilitated the quick, enthusiastic spread of Imber's poem throughout all

610-455: Is 260,453. Rishon LeZion is one of the fastest-growing cities in Israel, and is the third-youngest city in the country, after Jerusalem and Bnei Brak , with 31.1% of the population being children and teenagers, and 61.4% of all residents being aged 40 or under. In addition, the city has attracted significant immigration, including from English-speaking countries. The city is expected to have

671-767: Is a city in Israel , located along the central Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv . It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area . Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who were part of the First Aliyah , it was the first Zionist settlement founded in Palestine by the New Yishuv and the second Jewish farm settlement established in Ottoman Syria in

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732-648: Is an Israeli conductor, opera singer and pianist. Ettinger is descended from Romanian immigrants to Israel, as his father and grandmother are Holocaust survivors. He grew up in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon . Ettinger began taking piano lessons at the age of five. He received his musical training at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts in Givatayim . Ettinger made a career as a baritone at

793-513: Is listed on an additional plaque on the side of the pedestal. The scientific advisor of the project was Rishon Lezion resident, Prof. Israel Hanukoglu . Rishon LeZion is located on the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain and the northern Shephelah . The city sees the majority of its annual 800 mm (31 in) of precipitation between October and March. Rishon LeZion can be divided into four main quarters:

854-621: Is located to the south of the city center, in the middle of HaRishonim Interchange, at the intersection of the new Highway 431 and the Rishon LeZion – Ness Ziona road . There are direct trains from the HaRishonim Railway Station to Tel Aviv , Lod , Bnei Brak , Petah Tikva , Rosh HaAyin , Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba . All stations of Israel Railways can be accessed using the transfer stations at Tel Aviv and Lod. The Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station

915-436: Is the Israeli club to win the greatest handball national championships. The city also is home to the new 3,000-seat Athletics Municipal Stadium, which was built between 2001 and 2013, with the intention to host international athletics competitions. Rishon LeZion can be accessed by road from several major highways. Public transportation includes bus , train and share taxi . The Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Railway Station

976-487: Is the oldest and original industrial zone, once full of light industry and glass factories. Today, it is known for its prolific nightlife. West Rishon LeZion is the conglomeration of the new neighborhoods of the city, built in the 1980s and 90s. The west also has a higher land value because of its relative proximity to the Mediterranean Sea . It includes the entire city west of Tzahal Road . The quarter includes

1037-824: Is through 2023. He made numerous opera guest performances from Covent Garden in London to the Vienna State Opera to the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In June 2021, the Teatro di San Carlo announced the appointment of Ettinger as its next music director, effective 1 January 2023. This article on a conductor or bandleader is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( Hebrew : רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן (audio) , lit. "First to Zion ")

1098-710: The 2012–13 Toto Cup Leumit . Other active football teams are Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah (playing in Liga Alef ), Hapoel Nahalat Yehuda (playing in Liga Bet ), and Moadon Sport Rishon LeZion (playing in Liga Gimel ). Other football clubs previously played in the city, such as Maccabi Rishon Lezion , which played at the top division during the 1940s and the two seasons after the Israeli Declaration of Independence , as well as smaller clubs which played in

1159-594: The Balfour Declaration . In 1919, the women of Rishon Lezion were given voting rights and in the same year, Nehama Pohatchevsky was elected chairman of the village council which marked the first time a woman was elected to the position. In 1924, the British Army contracted the Jaffa Electric Company for wired electric power to the military installations in Sarafand . The contract allowed

1220-475: The Mediterranean Sea . In 1913, Nahlat Yehuda, another Jewish settlement, was established north of Rishon Lezion. In 1915 Rishon Lezion and the surrounding area experienced a Locust attack. Ayun Kara was the scene of a bloody battle between Turkish and New Zealand troops on 14 November 1917. Local citizens carried the wounded to a medical facility in Rishon LeZion. A stone cenotaph was erected by

1281-575: The Rishon LeZion Chess Club , founded in 1939, is one of the leading clubs in Israel, in senior, women and youth leagues. Israeli grandmasters such as Boris Alterman play for Rishon. World champion Garry Kasparov was a former member. Hapoel Rishon LeZion is the major football club, currently playing in the second tier , although the club played in the past in the top division , even as recently as 2011–12 . The club also appeared in two cup finals, in 1946 and in 1996 and won

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1342-720: The Shikunei HaMizrah neighborhood itself. The eastern projects stopped developing when they reached the fences of the Tzrifin military base. When and if Tzrifin is sold to private contractors as planned, this quarter is expected to expand significantly with new lucrative housing projects. Other smaller neighborhoods include Revivim, Kidmat Rishon, Ne'urim, Rambam, Neve Hadarim, HaShomer , Kfar Arye, Mishor HaNof and Kiryat Simha. The industrial zones in Rishon LeZion are called Mabat , an abbreviation for Miskhar, Bilui VeTa'asiya (Commerce, Pastime and Industry). The northern zone

1403-610: The 19th century, after Petah Tikva . As of 2017, it was the fourth-largest city in Israel, with a population of 260,453. The city is a member of Forum 15, which is an association of fiscally autonomous cities in Israel that do not depend on national balancing or development grants. The name Rishon LeZion is derived from a verse from the Tanakh : "First to Zion are they, and I shall give herald to Jerusalem" ( Hebrew : ראשון לציון הנה הינם, ולירושלים מבשר אתן ) ( Isaiah 41:27) and literally translates as "First to Zion ". Rishon LeZion

1464-530: The Arab towns of Ramleh and Lydda remained unconnected). According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities , Rishon LeZion had a population of 1,396 inhabitants, consisting of 1,373 Jews and 23 Muslims, increasing in 1931 census to 2,525 inhabitants, in 648 houses. Rishon LeZion was declared a city in 1950, by which time it had a population of around 18,000. By 1983 it had

1525-609: The Biluim who arrived in Rishon Lezion at this time. In 1883, Itzhak Leib Toporovski a blacksmith of the young village created the first iron plow in the land of Israel, and in 1885 the flag that would later become the flag of Israel was raised for the first time as part of the celebrations of the 3rd anniversary of the village. When Baron Edmond James de Rothschild took over, sending in his administrators and agricultural guide Shaul Helzner of Mikve Israel , major progress

1586-606: The Central District will be built on 1,000 dunams . Another industrial zone in the western part of the city is planned to be almost doubled in size. The 1922 Census conducted by the British Mandate authorities found 1,373 Jews living in Rishon LeZion and 23 Muslims. According to data from the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics as of December 2022, the number of residents in Rishon LeZion

1647-538: The Electric Company to extend the grid beyond the original geographical limits that had been projected by the concession it was given. The high-tension line that exceeded the limits of the original concession ran along some major towns and agricultural settlements, offering extended connections to the Jewish settlements of Rishon Le-Zion, Nes-Ziona and Rehovot (despite their proximity to the high-tension line,

1708-700: The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, until he was offered a position as choir director. From 2002 to 2003, he was co-principal guest conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and conducted works such as Berlioz Symphonie fantastique , Mahler's 4th Symphony and Mozart's Requiem . From 2003 to 2009, Ettinger was a conducting assistant to Daniel Barenboim and Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. He

1769-510: The Meitar Opera Studio is to help young opera singers to work in their profession and gain stage experience. Singers who are part of the program perform in Israeli Opera productions as well as concerts in Israel and abroad. The Israeli Opera offers two programs aimed specifically at children: In addition, the opera offers education programs, lectures and workshops for schools and kindergartens. The Israel open-air opera festival

1830-847: The Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo designated the western part of the area for the Performing Arts Center, one of the major cultural complexes of Tel Aviv. Since its inauguration, the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center has been the permanent house of the Israeli Opera. Later on its additional wing was completed, housing the Cameri Theater. The orchestra currently working with the Israeli Opera is the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (ISO). The orchestra

1891-761: The Rishon LeZion Museum and the Yaakov Agam Museum. Landmarks in Rishon LeZion include the history museum; the Carmel Winery ; the administrative center of Edmond James de Rothschild , now a soldiers' memorial; the Great Synagogue; the Well; the old water tower; and Beit Sefer Haviv, the first Hebrew School. "Open Doors" is a holocaust memorial which is a 7-meter-high (23 ft) sculpture designed by Filipino artist Luis Lee Jr. It

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1952-742: The Zionist communities of Mandatory Palestine . Within a short few years, it spread globally to pro-Zionist communities and organizations becoming the unofficial Zionist National Anthem. In 1933, at the 18th Zionist Congress in Prague, the Imber/Cohen Zionist National Anthem, formally adopted, was renamed the Hatikvah (The Hope). In November 2004, the State of Israel formally adopted Shmuel Cohen 's 1887 musical adaptation to

2013-557: The absence of an opera house, the performance was held in a cinema building. It had been Golinkin's original intention to establish the opera in Jerusalem , but Tel Aviv was finally chosen because most of the performing artists lived in this city. In the four years following the première, 17 different operas were performed by the Erez-Israeli Opera. However, by the end of 1927 Golinkin had no more funds to continue running

2074-589: The beginning of Eli Wiesel St. and continues through Henry Kissinger and Rene Cassin Streets in Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel. The boulevard has a pedestal erected for each laureate. The circular medal on top of the pedestal includes the year of the award in the center of the medal; the name of the laureate, the country, and the prize field are shown in both Hebrew and English. The citation of the Prize

2135-447: The city qualify for a matriculation certificate. Rishon LeZion holds an annual wine festival. The Rishon LeZion Amphitheatre Live Park has hosted overseas artists such as Sting , Mariah Carey , Ozzy Osbourne , Christina Aguilera , Metallica , Alanis Morissette , alt-J , Megadeth , Deep Purple , Avicii , Jason Derulo , Flo Rida , Wiz Khalifa and Sean Paul . The city has a municipal zoo , an amusement park ( Superland ), and

2196-452: The city's 5-year plan to be completely water-independent, construction of a desalination plant is planned for Rishon, which will produce 3.7 million cubic meters of water per year. The city already hosts the large Shafdan recycling plant. Rishon LeZion has twenty-three elementary schools, nine middle schools, and twelve high schools. Rishon Lezion's College of Management has a student population of 10,000. Sixty percent of twelve graders in

2257-573: The community in Tel Aviv and in Rishon LeZion. The ISO was the first orchestra in Israel to perform works by Richard Strauss and Alexander Zemlinsky . For its dedication and its outstanding achievement in the advancement of original Israeli works the ISO has been awarded the ACUM Prize. Founded in 2000, the Meitar Opera Studio is a practical study and performance program for young Israeli opera singers who graduated from any given music academy and who are getting ready for an operatic career. The major goal of

2318-426: The crier') from Mustafa Abdallah ali Dajan. According to Marom, ‘Uyūn Qārā offered "a convenient launching pad for early land purchase initiatives which shaped the pattern of Jewish settlement until the beginning of the British Mandate". Amzaleg signed a declaration to the settlers stating that none of the structures on this land would ever be his own. In addition to the problems posed by sandy soil and lack of water,

2379-539: The fledgling Jewish state. The choir gave concerts around the Russian Empire, with the chief highlight being a concert in 1918 in Petrograd , in which Feodor Chaliapin sang Hatikvah . In 1923, having gathered sufficient funds, Golinkin emigrated to Mandatory Palestine . On July 28, 1923, the Erez-Israeli Opera held its first performance with Giuseppe Verdi 's La Traviata , conducted by Mordechai Golinkin. In

2440-420: The following neighborhoods: Nahalat Yehuda (on the northernmost tip of Rishon); Neve Hillel; Bnot Hayil; Abramovich; Katzenelson; Remez (Giv'at Levinson), on the southwestern tip of old Rishon; Rishonim (Gan Nahum), to the east of Remez The Eastern Housing Projects ( Hebrew : שיכוני המזרח Shikunei HaMizrah ) was Rishon's quick expansion to the east. It is dominated by the housing projects ( shikunim ) there, in

2501-581: The foyer - by Ron Arad. The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center forms the main part of the Golda Center, located between Weizmann St., Shaul Hamelech Blvd. and Leonardo da Vinci St. This area had been designated for public buildings in the late 1950s. Throughout the years, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Beit Ariela Sha'ar Zion Library and the Piazza connecting them were built there. In the early 1980s,

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2562-429: The handball league. Hapoel has won more than seven domestic championships and cups in a row, with stars like goalkeeper Vladimir Zaikman and field-players Idan Maimon and Dudi Balsar. Its biggest rival, Maccabi took the championship title from Hapoel in 2005/06. Handball is also a dominant sport in Rishon LeZion high schools. The Amit Amal high school handball team has won the world championship several times. In chess,

2623-432: The location of the future city park. The Rishon LeZion orchestra was established in 1895. In 1898, the year Theodor Herzl visited the settlement, the city park (then the village park) was established and a water tower was built next to the well. A founder of Rishon LeZion was Joseph Feinberg the father of Dora Bloch . At the year of its founding in 1882, Rishon LeZion had a population of 150. In 1890, Rishon LeZion had

2684-585: The lower tiers, such as Beitar Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Bnei Zion and Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion. The main football stadium in Rishon LeZion is the 6,000-seat Haberfeld Stadium , which hosts matches of Hapoel Rishon LeZion . Other, smaller stadiums, are located in Shikun Hamizrah, in Nahlat Yehuda, and in the Superland amusement park complex. The Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball team is

2745-423: The medicine house, and in 1912 the first car ("First chariot without horses") appeared in the village. In 1911, 4,000 dunams of land in Rishon LeZion were planted with grapes and 254 dunams with other fruit orchards. In 1913, the governor of Greater Syria, Djemal Pasha , annexed the sands around Rishon Lezion to their territory and in 1915 Rishon Lezion was expanded again and was given the territory between it and

2806-446: The new industrial zone (Western Mabat ), and several residential neighborhoods: Neve Eliyahu (or Ramat Eliyahu), Neot Shikma, Neve Dekalim, Neve Hof (or Pueblo Español), Neve Yam, Kiryat Rishon, Kiryat Cramim, Kiryat Ganim, Neot Ashalim, Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel ( lit Nobel Prize Laureates' Town) Rishon LeZion is known for its achievements in handball and chess . In handball, Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Rishon LeZion dominate

2867-653: The newcomers had no agricultural experience. Baron Rothschild brought in experts who drilled for water, finding the groundwater table uneven. Wells were built at a depth of 20–25 meters. After the Biluim arrived, the town slowly began to develop. On 23 February 1883, the settlers found water in the wells. To mark this occasion, the village emblem was inscribed with a verse from the Torah : "We have found water." (Genesis 26:32) Fani Belkind, Israel Belkind , Shimshon Belkind, Yoel Drubin , Haim Hissin, and David Yudilovich were among

2928-417: The old city, the eastern housing projects, the northern (old) industrial zone, and Western Rishon LeZion. There is also an industrial zone on the southern tip of the city, next to Gan Sorek . The old city of Rishon includes the original neighborhoods, some buildings dating back to Rishon's founding in 1881. This quarter is located in the city center, between and around Herzl and Jabotinsky Streets. It includes

2989-540: The old industrial zone in the north of the city and the new industrial zone in the west of the city. The three major malls in Rishon LeZion are Rothschild Center in the old downtown center, Gold Mall ( Kenyon HaZahav ) in the New West district, and the newly constructed Azrieli Rishonim . Companies such as Coca-Cola , Gazit-Globe , Volvo , and Fiat are expected to open in the Maayan Sorek area. As part of

3050-691: The opera. Golinkin travelled to the United States to find sponsors, but having returned in 1929, performances could not be restarted due to the 1929 Palestine riots . In 1945, American soprano Edis de Philippe founded the Israel National Opera . This was Israel's principal opera company until 1982, when cessation of funding from the Ministry of Culture and Education caused the company to close. However, in 1985, The Council for Arts and Culture created The New Israeli Opera by brokering

3111-468: The original language with Hebrew and English surtitles and presented at the Opera House at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, opened in 1994. In recent years the Israeli Opera also presents dance, classical music, jazz and children music series at the Opera House. The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center is the residence of the Israeli Opera since 1994. The building was designed by Yaakov Rechter , and

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3172-533: The people of Rishon LeZion to the memory of the New Zealanders who fell that day, but it has since been destroyed. In the wake of the battle, the New Zealanders set up camp at Rishon Lezion, which was described by one officer as a "pretty little hamlet surrounded by vineyards and orange groves." Relations between the troops and villagers were good, and the troops brought the villagers the news of

3233-476: The revival of Hebrew, was a teacher in Rishon LeZion, as was his colleague David Yudilovitz . In 1898, the first Hebrew kindergarten in the world was established by Esther (Shapira) Ginzburg a former student of the Haviv school. Naphtali Herz Imber , the later famed Hebrew language poet, lived in Rishon LeZion for a few years in the late 1880s. He recited his poem, Tikvahtenu, to eager ears. In 1887, Shmuel Cohen ,

3294-407: The village a year later in 1887. In 1886, as Rishon LeZion's population of around 300 included several dozen children who required proper education, the Haviv elementary school was established in Rishon LeZion as the first modern school to teach exclusively in Hebrew . Dov Lubman Haviv taught there and Mordechai Lubman Haviv was an educational inspector. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda , the leading figure in

3355-445: Was Generalmusikdirektor of the Mannheim National Theatre from 2009 to 2016. Ettinger has served as chief conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and music director of the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, with an initial tenure in the posts from 2005 to 2014, and a second, current tenure beginning in 2018. He became principal conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. His current Stuttgart contract

3416-467: Was aired: Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv. In 1995 the world premiere of the opera Josef by Josef Tal was conducted by Gary Bertini and directed by David Olden. Journey to the End of the Millennium , a Hebrew opera based on A. B. Yehoshua 's book was conducted and especially commissioned for the opera's 20th anniversary. Today the Israeli Opera is directed by Hanna Munitz. All Israeli Opera productions are sung in

3477-410: Was erected in honor and thanks to President Manuel Quezon and the Filipinos who saved over 1,200 Jews from Nazi Germany . Former mayor Meir Nitzan initiated the construction of a promenade honoring Jewish Nobel Prize laureates in the neighborhood named Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel (קריית חתני פרס נובל). The promenade that was named Nobel Laureates Boulevard (in Hebrew טיילת חתני פרס נובל) starts at

3538-414: Was founded in 1988 in the municipality of Rishon LeZion , and became the resident orchestra of the Israeli Opera in 1989. The current music director and chief conductor of the ISO is Dan Ettinger and the director general is Ofer Sela. In addition to its work with the Israeli Opera, the ISO offers symphonic subscription series, family concerts and special performances for young people and senior members of

3599-401: Was founded on 31 July 1882, by ten Hovevei Zion pioneers from Kharkiv , Ukraine (then the Russian Empire ) headed by Zalman David Levontin. Reuven Yudalevich was also a member of the group. The British vice-consul in Jaffa , Haim Amzaleg, purchased 835 acres (337.91  ha ) of land southeast of present-day Tel Aviv , the site of watering holes called ‘Uyūn Qārā (literally 'fountain of

3660-475: Was inaugurated by the Israeli Opera in 2010. The main events of the festival take place in Masada , with additional operas sung in the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem and in the Citadel of Acre . As part of the Israeli Opera's social activity, dress rehearsals in Masada are open free of charge to periphery inhabitants. Operas which were given their world premiere by Israeli Opera include: Dan Ettinger Dan Ettinger ( Hebrew : דן אטינגר ; born 1971)

3721-519: Was made in the spheres of agriculture, citrus and viticulture. In November 1883 the first rows were planted, led by ten Russian farmers who were further trained at Mikveh Israel agriculture school, also funded in part by Rothschild. The Great Synagogue, which became a major focus of life in Rishon LeZion, was built between 1885 and 1889. Under Rothschild's patronage, the Carmel-Mizrahi Winery was, established in 1886. The Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and his wife Adelheid von Rothschild came to visit

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