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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.