Or Yehuda
Or-Yehuda is a city in the center of Israel, in the Tel Aviv District, near Kiryat Ono, Yehud and Ramat Gan, near Ben Gurion Airport.
The city is named after Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai.
Or-Yehuda is located on the site of the biblical settlement of Kfar Ono.
The city was founded in 1949. His first residents were repatriates from the countries of Libya and Turkey. In the early 50-ies they were joined by immigrants from Iraq.
In the 70's, Or-Yehuda accepted aliyah from the USSR, in the 90s - from the CIS countries, mostly Georgian and Bukharian Jews.
Or-Yehuda received the status of the city in 1988.
Municipality:
ha-Hagana
Tel. 03-5339529
The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"):
Herzl 81
Tel. *6050, 12226050
Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"):
ha-Haroshet 6
Tel. 03-5333911
Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing:
Tel. 03-763277, 03-7632823
City streets and attractions near the city:
Tel Aviv. Neve TzedekTel Aviv. Neve TzedekJaffaBeauty of Old JaffaOr Yehuda | The distance (in straight line):
to Jerusalem - | 42 km | to Tel Aviv - | 9 km | to Haifa - | 88 km | to Beer Sheva - | 86 km |
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