Tel Mond

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Tel Mond
תֵּל מוֹנְד‎‎
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Tel Mond
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Tel Mond is located in Central Israel
Tel Mond
Tel Mond
Coordinates: 32°15′16″N 34°55′7″E / 32.25444°N 34.91861°E / 32.25444; 34.91861Coordinates: 32°15′16″N 34°55′7″E / 32.25444°N 34.91861°E / 32.25444; 34.91861
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1929
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityLynn Kaplan (Elected December 2020)
Area
 • Total8,000 dunams (8 km2 or 3 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total13,144
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Websitetel-mond.muni.il

Tel Mond (Hebrew: תֵּל מוֹנְד‎) is a town in the Sharon region of Israel, located east of Netanya and north of Kfar Saba. In 2019 it had a population of 13,144.[1].

History[]

Tel Mond was founded on 16 June 1929 by Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett. Lord Melchett was a British industrialist, a former cabinet minister and president of the British Zionist Foundation. The Palestine Plantations Company, headed by Mond, purchased land in the region and planted citrus orchards to provide employment for Jewish laborers.[2][3] In 1933, a group of farmers purchased land from the company and established moshav Tel Mond. In 1936, another group established moshav Kfar Ziv, named after Baron Sieff who followed Lord Melchett and settled in Tel Mond with his wife. In 1943, new immigrants from Yemen established Shechunat Ya'akov. The surrounding moshavim, Kfar Hess, Herut and Ein Vered, were also founded by the pioneers of Tel Mond.[4]

Between 11 December 1949 and 10 June 1954, Tel Mond was a regional council, encompassing the villages of Herut, Kfar Hess, Ein Vered, Kfar Yavetz, Kfar Ziv, Shechunat Ya'akov, Bnei Dror, Mishmeret, as well as Tel Mond proper.[5] In the 1950s, Neve Oved and Hadar Hayim were built to accommodate the large wave of immigration (mainly from Yemen) after the founding of the state. In 1954, these communities were merged to form the Local Council of Tel Mond.[2]

Over the 2010s, the community has grown from a small town to a self-sufficient mini-city that provides services for other regional communities. It is growing rapidly, and is expected to have a population exceeding 25,000 in 2030.[6]

In June 2013, Kehillat Mevaser Zion, a Modern Orthodox Community in Tel Mond, held an inauguration ceremony for the newly built Synagogue, attended by Naftali Bennett, the Minister for the Economy.

  • Tel Mond 1935

  • Tel Mond 1942 1:20,000

  • Tel Mond 1945 1:250,000

  • Members of Eitanim building defences Tel Mond, 1947

  • Eitanim workers Tel Mond 1947

Landmarks[]

Beit HaLord Museum

The home of Lord Melchett has been turned into House of the Lord museum, documenting the history of Tel Mond.[4] Outside the museum is a statue of Lord Melchett designed by Batya Lishansky.[4]

Notable residents[]

Twin towns[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tel Mond (Israel)". CRW Flags. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Tel Mond". Encyclopaedia Judaica. 19 (2 ed.). Thomson Gale. 2007. p. 597.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c A day in the country - Haaretz - Israel News[dead link]
  5. ^ אבי-הר שגיא, ed. (1991). האנציקלופדיה לשלטון המקומי בישראל. מועצות מקומיות ב'. Beersheba: הר-שגיא.
  6. ^ "Part 2 - Central Israel's fastest growing communities".
  7. ^ "Tel Mond, Israel". Sarasota Sister Cities Association. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
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