Yad Eliyahu

The Cinerama theater, a defunct Cinerama movie theater located in Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv

Yad Eliyahu (Hebrew: יד אליהו‎) is a neighborhood in southeast Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yad Eliyahu was established in 1929. It developed in accordance with plans drawn up by Jacob Ben Sira, the Tel Aviv municipal engineer.[1] The neighborhood, named for Haganah leader Eliyahu Golomb, became the site of housing projects for ex-servicemen after World War II.[2]

Nokia Arena, home to the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team is located in Yad Eliyahu.

Coordinates: 32°03′33″N 34°47′50″E / 32.0593°N 34.7971°E

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ Rising in the east: Tel Aviv's Yad Eliyahu neighborhood is ready to take off, Haaretz
  2. ↑ Planning in Israel - 1948-1953, Layout and Architecture
  3. ↑ https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_print_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=154