Nissim Kahlon

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Nissim Kahlon (born 1946 or 1947) is an Israeli hermit who created the Hermit House in Herzliya.

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Biography

Born in 1946or1947, [1] Nissim Kahlon is a Jewish man who is the divorced father of three children. [2] He lived in a tent in Herzliya beach in 1973 [3] before creating a cave-house on Sidna Ali Beach [4] in Apollonia National Park since 1974, Kahlon was ordered to leave by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection. [5] [1] According to Kahlon, the Ministry claim his house is dangerous to the stability of the cliff into which it is built. [5] He was served an eviction notice in 2023. [3]

His home lacks a telephone or internet connection, but has had a water and electrical connection since at least 1992. [6] It is constructed using discarded materials such as local rock, tile, ceramic and glass. [5]

Kahlon was the subject of the documentary Appollonian Story, [7] directed by Ilan Moskovitch and Dan Bronfeld. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Regan, Tim (2014-06-20). "Apollonian Story". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. ↑ Miskin, Maayana (2013-07-07). "Jewish 'Hermit' from Herzliya Speaks". Israel National News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  3. 1 2 Zion, Ilan Ben; Schalit, Ariel. "After 50 years, government seeks to evict squatter from cave home on Herzliya beach". Times of Israel . Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  4. ↑ "Hermit House". Time Out Israel. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  5. 1 2 3 Zlatopolskai, Anastassia (5 Sep 2022). "Hermit faces eviction from beachside cave home". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  6. ↑ Haskel, Adam (2023-07-18). "48 years after carving his house into a cliff, Israeli faces eviction". JNS.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  7. ↑ Steinberg, Jessica. "A screen full of stories". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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