Hatikva Quarter
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The Hatikva Quarter is a neighbourhood
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 in south-eastern Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
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, Israel
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, long known as a working class
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 area. It was founded in 1930 and was merged into Tel Aviv following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

The neighbourhood is home to the Bnei Yehuda football club, which played at the Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium until they moved to the larger Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium is a 14,700-seat football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Jaffa, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.-History:...

, as well as the headquarters of the Israeli Labor Party. It is also the birthplace and origin of Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....

, one of Israel's most famous singers, who drew inspiration from her childhood in the rough and down-trodden neighborhood.

Hatikva was named after "Mount Hope" ("Har Tikva" in Hebrew), a farm built in 1855 by Protestant Prussian and American
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 immigrants. Almira Steinbeck, who left the farm with her family, was grandmother to John Steinbeck
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. Shevah Mofet
Shevah Mofet
Shevah Mofet is a high school on HaMasger Street in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was established in 1946 as a vocational school. Since the 1990s, new programs were inaugurated to meet the needs of the Russian immigrant population in Israel.-History:...

 school in Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 stands where the farm house once stood.

Notable residents

  • Ofra Haza
    Ofra Haza
    Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....

    (1957–2000), singer and actress
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