Ein_HaYam_(Wadi_al-Jimal)

Ein HaYam (Wadi al-Jimal)

Ein HaYam (Wadi al-Jimal)

Place

Ein HaYam Hebrew: עין הים, lit. 'Eye of the Sea' is a small neighborhood in Haifa, Israel between Kiryat Sprinzak and Kiryat Eliezer, mostly separated from the sea by railroad tracks.

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The neighborhood, founded in 1937 by Arab families, was previously called Wadi al-Jimal. The neighborhood was called "Ein HaYam -- Wadi al-Jimal" until 2006, when the official name and entrance sign were changed to "Ein HaYam (Previously Wadi al-Jimal)." In August 2021, the Haifa Naming Commission recommended restoration of the old name and signage[1] and received pushback from some officials.[2] By 2022, the municipality of Haifa was referring to the neighborhood as "Ein HaYam - Wadi al-Jimal" in official publications and the pre-2006 entrance sign had been restored.[3] After the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, local Israeli activists complained that the entrance sign had been replaced without proper authorization by the municipal authorities.[4]

2,400 Jews and Arabs live in the neighborhood,[5] which has been cited a model of Jewish-Arab coexistence.[6] It is home to the Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute of Israel (IOLR), Tel Shikmona[7][8] and the Ein HaYam trail tour.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    ברויר, שקד (2021-08-04). "שכונת עין הים או שכונת ואדי ג'מאל? ועדת השמות של עיריית חיפה בהמלצה מעוררת מחלוקת". חי פה - חדשות חיפה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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    "סערה בעקבות המלצת ועדת השמות להוסיף לשכונת עין הים את שמה הערבי". כלבו – חיפה והקריות (in Hebrew). 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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    קירשטיין, רולי (2022-10-30). ""השם ואדי אל-ג'מאל היה הרבה לפני קליש רותם, אוזן וגולן שטיינברג"". כלבו – חיפה והקריות (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
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    "עין הים או ואדי ג'מאל: שלט בכניסה לשכונה מעורר סערה". mynethaifa (in Hebrew). 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  5. [5]
    "Ein Hayam Trail". leobaeckhaifa.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  6. [6]
    "Ein Ha'Yam Neighborhood — A Model of Coexistence". The Wexner Foundation. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. [7]
    "The Price of Purple - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  8. [8]
    "The Zinman Institute of Archaeology - Tel Shikmona". arch.haifa.ac.il. Retrieved 2022-01-03.

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