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Herzliya Hebrew High School (HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya), originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit (lit. Hebrew High School) is a historic high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

school was founded in 1905 in Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
-controlled Jaffa
Jaffa

File:Jaffa StPeter church.jpgJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.Jaffa is located south of Tel Aviv, Israel on the Mediterranean Sea....
. In 1909 it moved to Herzl Street in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 and was renamed in honour of Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl was an Austria-Hungary journalist who was the father of modern political Zionism.Herzl was born in Pest, Hungary, the Kingdom of Hungary to a Jewish people family originally from Zemun, the Kingdom of Hungary ....
. Located today on Jabotinsky Street, it serves as a six-year secondary school. The original building, designed by Joseph Barsky
Joseph Barsky

Joseph Barsky , an architect, was born in Russia and immigrated to Jerusalem in 1907.Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College of Odessa and of the St....
, was intended to evoke Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.

The building on Herzl Street was a major Tel Aviv landmark until 1962, when the site was razed for the construction of the Shalom Meir tower
Shalom Meir tower

Shalom Meir Tower is an office tower in Tel Aviv which contains a small commercial center. The Shalom Meir Tower was the first tall tower to be built in Israel....
.






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Herzliya Hebrew High School (HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya), originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit (lit. Hebrew High School) is a historic high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

History

The school was founded in 1905 in Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
-controlled Jaffa
Jaffa

File:Jaffa StPeter church.jpgJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.Jaffa is located south of Tel Aviv, Israel on the Mediterranean Sea....
. In 1909 it moved to Herzl Street in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 and was renamed in honour of Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl was an Austria-Hungary journalist who was the father of modern political Zionism.Herzl was born in Pest, Hungary, the Kingdom of Hungary to a Jewish people family originally from Zemun, the Kingdom of Hungary ....
. Located today on Jabotinsky Street, it serves as a six-year secondary school. The original building, designed by Joseph Barsky
Joseph Barsky

Joseph Barsky , an architect, was born in Russia and immigrated to Jerusalem in 1907.Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College of Odessa and of the St....
, was intended to evoke Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.

The building on Herzl Street was a major Tel Aviv landmark until 1962, when the site was razed for the construction of the Shalom Meir tower
Shalom Meir tower

Shalom Meir Tower is an office tower in Tel Aviv which contains a small commercial center. The Shalom Meir Tower was the first tall tower to be built in Israel....
. The destruction of the building sparked widespread recognition of the importance of conserving historical landmarks. The Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites was founded in the 1980s partly in response to the fate of Herzliya Hebrew High School.

Principals

Former principals include Baruch Ben Yehuda and Carmi Yogev. In 1992, former Air Force commander, Ron Huldai
Ron Huldai

Ron Huldai is an Israeli politician and former fighter pilot, and the current mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo. He was born in 1944 in Hulda, Israel to Poland parents from L?dz....
 was appointed principal. He implemented many changes and modernizations later adopted by other schools. After leaving the school, he was elected mayor of Tel Aviv. The current principal is Hana Neheman.

Notable faculty

  • Shaul Tchernichovsky
    Shaul Tchernichovsky

    Shaul Tchernichovsky , , was a Russian-born Hebrew language poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece....
    , poet
  • Yosef Haim Brenner
    Yosef Haim Brenner

    Yosef Haim Brenner was a Ukraine-born Hebrew language author, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature....
    , writer


Notable alumni

  • Moshe Sharett
    Moshe Sharett

    Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms....
    , second Prime Minister of Israel
    Prime Minister of Israel

    The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel . He or she wields executive power in the country, and has an official residence in Jerusalem....
     (1954-1955)
  • Avraham Shlonsky
    Avraham Shlonsky

    Avraham Shlonsky was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editing born in the Ukraine. He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew language and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original Hebrew children's classics....
    , poet
  • Aharon Megged
    Aharon Megged

    Aharon Megged is an Israeli author and playwright.Aharon Megged was born in 1920 in Poland, and in 1926 immigrated with his parents to British Mandate of Palestine....
    , writer
  • Yuval Neeman, physicist
  • Aron Brand
    Aron Brand

    Aron Brand-Auraban , born in Ozork?w, Poland, was an Israeli pediatric cardiologist. He served as chairman of the Israel Medical Association in Jerusalem, Israel, and founded the Jerusalem Academy of Medicine....
    , pediatric cardiologist
  • Ron Huldai
    Ron Huldai

    Ron Huldai is an Israeli politician and former fighter pilot, and the current mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo. He was born in 1944 in Hulda, Israel to Poland parents from L?dz....
    , mayor of Tel Aviv (1998-)
  • David Rochblatt, NASA-JPL Engineer


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