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Sign: Givatayim - Joel Geizler Square


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Aharon Goldstein St 8, Giv’atayim, Israel
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On the sign:
[סמל העיר גבעתיים]

יואל (יונה) גייזלר
1904-1993

יונה יואל גייזלר, יקיר העיר בגבעתיים, נולד בעיירה צ’ורטקוב שבפולין (כיום אוקראינה).
עלה ארצה בשנת 1933 עם רעייתו שושנה.
ניהל את כפר הילדים בגבעת המורה.
בשנת 1938 חזר למרכז הארץ, השתלב במערכת החינוך של שכונת בורוכוב והיה פעיל ב"הגנה".
בין השנים 1940 - 1950 ניהל את ביה"ס היסודי "בורוכוב" בשכונה והקים בית ספר יסודי נוסף שנקרא "המקביל" (לימים בית הספר "גורדון").
בשנת 1939 ייסד את "כיתות ההמשך" לבוגרי בית הספר היסודי בשכונת בורוכוב וניצח על התפתחותן לבית הספר התיכון ע"ש דוד קלעי, אותו ניהל ברצף עד 1979.
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Translation of the text on the sign:
[Emblem of the City of Givatayim]

Yoel (Yona) Geisler
1904–1993

Yona Yoel Geisler, a Worthy Citizen of Givatayim, was born in the town of Chortkov in Poland (today Ukraine).
He immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1933 with his wife Shoshana.
He managed the Children’s Village in Givat HaMoreh.
In 1938 he returned to central Israel, joined the education system of Borochov neighborhood, and was active in the "Haganah".
Between 1940 and 1950 he directed the Borochov elementary school in the neighborhood and established another elementary school called HaMakbil (later Gordon School).
In 1939 he founded the "Continuation Classes" for graduates of the Borochov elementary school and oversaw their development into the David Kalai High School, which he managed continuously until 1979.




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