The sign depicts figures associated with the Herzliya Gymnasium and is located near their burial place.
The tombstones of the figures mentioned on the sign were photographed on the same day:
Haim and Yehudit Harari
The following words are inscribed on the tombstone
חיים ויהודית הררי
[סמלי העיר תל אביב]
ממייסדי תל אביב
(חיים הררי)
מראשוני המורים בגמנסיה העברית הרצליה
סופר ומחנך
בן יונה דב ומרים בלומברג
נולד א’ אב תרמ"ג
נפטר י"ב חשון תש"א
תל-אביב
(יהודית הררי)
ממיסדות הסתדרות המורים
בת אהרון ובלהה איזנברג ממיסדי רחובות
נולדה ה’ חשון תרמ"ו
נפטרה י"ב סיון תשל"ט
[Translation]
Haim and Yehudit Harari
[Plaques in the shape of the Tel Aviv city emblem, with the names of the deceased and the fact that they were among the founders of the city of Tel Aviv]
One of the founders of Tel Aviv
(Haim Harari)
One of the first teachers at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
Author and educator
Son of Yona Dov and Miriam Blumberg
Born 13 July 1883
Died 13 November 1940
Tel-Aviv
(Yehudit Harari)
One of the founders of the Teachers’ Union
Daughter of Aharon and Bilha Eisenberg, founders of Rehovot
Born 4 October 1885
Died 7 June 1979
Click for a larger image Pania Matmon and Yehuda Leib Matmon-Cohen
The top of the tombstone is in the shape of the silhouette of the Herzliya Gymnasium.
[Plaques in the shape of the Tel Aviv city emblem, with the names of the deceased and the fact that they were among the founders of the city of Tel Aviv]
פניה מטמון
בת יהושע
מורה ומחנכת
מייסדת הגמנסיה העברית הראשנה "הרצליה"
ממייסדות התאחדות נשים לשיווי זכויות בישראל
תרל"א-תשל"ה
יהודה- ליב בן אברהם מטמון - כהן
המורה והמחנך
מייסד הגמנסיה העברית הראשונה הרצליה
תרכ"ט - תרצ"ט
תנצבה
[Translation]
Phanya Metmann
daughter of Yehoshua
teacher and educator
founder of the first Hebrew Gymnasium "Herzliya"
one of the founders of the Women’s Association for Equal Rights in Israel
1874-1977
Yehuda-Leib ben Avraham Metmann-Cohen
teacher and educator
founder of the first Hebrew Gymnasium Herzliya
1869 - 1939
RIP
Click for a larger image In the following pictures, the parts of the sign are enlarged
[board 1]
Click for a larger image [board 2]
Click for a larger image [board 3]
Click for a larger image [board 4]
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
[Plate 1]
Yehudit Harari One of the founders of the city. In her book ’Among the Vineyards’ she describes the early days of Tel Aviv; "Life is pleasant in little Tel Aviv. The residents know each other and help each other in times of need and in times of joy."
Haim Harari One of the first teachers at the Hebrew Gymnasium.
Yehudit Harari (Section 4, Row 15)
Haim Harari (Section 4, Row 15)
[Plate 2]
[Photo]
Students of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jaffa with the founder Yehuda Leib Metmann -Cohen (center), 1909
Gershon Gera Collection, courtesy of Shulamit Gera
[Plate 3]
Metmann -Cohen Yehuda Aryeh Founded the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jaffa, which later became the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium on Herzl Street, corner of Ahad Ha’am in Tel Aviv. In 1959, the Herzliya Gymnasium was demolished and the Shalom Tower was built in its place.
Metmann -Cohen Yehuda Aryeh (Section 4, Row 15)
[Plate 4]
[Photo]
Herzliya Gymnasium 1914. Photo: Avraham Soskin. Soskin Collection, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
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