Who were the founders of Tel Aviv?

Answer 1

In 1906, following a suggestion by Akiva Arye Weiss, a group of Jews, mostly living in the crowded port of Jaffa (Hebrew: "Yaffo") decided to build a new Hebrew (Jewish) city north of Jaffa.

In 1908, they bought 12 acres of land, primarily sand dunes, northeast of Jaffa. In April 1909 , the chairman of the future city, Akiva Arye Weiss, managed the lottery to divide the land, into 60 separate plots. Among the founders were:

• Akiva Aryeh Weiss
• Meir Dizengoff (future first mayor)

The two were members of the 'Ahuzat Bayit' organization, and the neighborhood itself was originally called Ahuzat Bayit. Later it was renamed Tel Aviv inspired, by Nahum Sokolov's Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's book Altneuland .

The official date of establishment was the day of the lottery, April 11, 1909 (Hebrew calendar: 20-Nissan-5669). On July 28, 1909, the cornerstone for the Gymnasia Herzliya school was laid, at the present site of the Shalom Meir Tower.

By the outbreak of the First World War, there were 140 houses in Tel Aviv.

In 2009, the city of Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th anniversary.