Gush Dan or Tel Aviv metropolitan area is a conurbation in Israel, located along the country's Mediterranean coastline. There is no single formal definition of Gush Dan, though the term is in frequent use by both governmental bodies and the general public. It ranges from combining Tel Aviv with cities that form an urban continuum with it, to the entire areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District, or sometimes the whole Metropolitan Area of Tel Aviv, which includes a small part of the Southern District as well. Gush Dan is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel, with the metropolitan area having an estimated population of 4,156,900 residents, 89% of whom are Israeli Jews.
Yael Dayan, also known as Yaël Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her service on the city council ended with the 2013 election. She was the daughter of Moshe Dayan and the sister of Assi and Udi Dayan.
Beitar Jerusalem Football Club, commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem or simply as Beitar (בית"ר), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier in Israeli football. The club has traditionally worn kit colours of yellow and black and plays its home matches in Teddy Stadium. The stadium is the largest stadium in Israel, with a capacity of 31,733.
Zohar Zisapel was an Israeli entrepreneur, businessman and philanthrope. He founded the RAD Group of companies with his brother, Yehuda.
Moshe Zemer was a Reform Rabbi in Israel between 1963-2011. He was the co-founder of Jewish Reform institutions in Israel and served in key positions in them, including as chair of MARAM, board member of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, board member of the Union for Progressive Rabbis in the United States, and a senior lecturer of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.
Israel Rokach, Honorary CBE was an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and fourth mayor of Tel Aviv from November 15, 1936 until April 13, 1953.
Eliyahu "Eli" Hurvitz was an Israeli industrialist. He was the chairman of the board and former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries at the time of his death.
Henry Neufeld, was an Israeli cardiologist and scholar. His research and teaching interests included cardiology, epidemiology, genetics and biomedical engineering. He served as chief scientist of the Israel Ministry of Health and was the founder and director of the Cardiac Clinic at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor is a Russian businessman.
Israel Diamond Exchange Ltd., located in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel, is the world's largest diamond exchange and the centre of Israel's diamond industry. The exchange is a private company that incorporates about 3100 members; these diamantaires are engaged in diamond cutting and trading - marketing, brokerage, import and export.
Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum was a museum located in the Diamond Exchange District, Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
Moshe Schnitzer was a Romanian Jewish immigrant to Israel who became a key player in the international diamond trade. From 1967 to 1993 he was President of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), which became the world's largest diamond exchange.
Meir Shmuel Gabay International and Israeli Civil servant, the first, and so far the only Israeli to be elected by the United Nations General Assembly to any office. He was President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (2000–2002), President of United Nations Association of Israel (?–2010), co-chairperson of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), Chairman of the Council of The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Civil Service Commissioner of Israel (1987–1994), and Director General of the Ministry of Justice (1976–1987).
Shmuel Hauser is an Israeli economist, a Full Professor of Finance at Ono Academic College and of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Former dean of the Business Administration Faculty at Ono Academic College. Hauser served as chairman of the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) between 2011 and 2018.
Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery is a Jewish municipal burial ground in the Tel Aviv District city of Givatayim, Israel, east of the Nahalat Yitzhak neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Founded in 1932, it includes more than 30,000 graves, including those of Israeli political and cultural figures, and Rebbes of several Hasidic dynasties. The cemetery contains several tracts of military graves and mass graves of unidentified soldiers from the period of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It also features memorials to Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust.
Zvi Hauser is an Israeli lawyer and public figure served as the 17th cabinet secretary. Hauser served as a Member of Knesset between 2019-2022. During this term he held a number of positions including: Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Head of the Israel-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association.
Eli Izhakoff is an American businessman in the international diamond and jewelry industry, filling a variety of public positions since 1979.
The Israel Painters and Sculptors Association was established in 1934 and has been associated with many painters and sculptors who worked in Israel. With the establishment of the State of Israel, the name of the association was changed to the "Association of Painters and Sculptors in Israel". In 2002, the name was changed again to "Painters and Sculptors Association " and three independent associations of painters and sculptors were established in Jerusalem, Haifa and Be'er Sheva.
Boleslaw (Bolek) Goldman is an Emeritus Professor in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine in Tel Aviv University.
