Holon
Hebrew transcription(s)
• Hebrew	חוֹלוֹן
• ISO 259	Ḥolon
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	حولون
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Holon
Coordinates: 32°01′N 34°46′E / 32.017°N 34.767°E / 32.017; 34.767Coordinates: 32°01′N 34°46′E / 32.017°N 34.767°E / 32.017; 34.767
District	Tel Aviv
Founded	1936
Government
• Type	City (from 1950)
Area
• Total	18,927 dunams (18.927 km2 or 7.308 sq mi)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	184,700
Name meaning	(Little) sand
Website	holon.muni.il

Location of Holon in the Tel Aviv District

Holon (Hebrew: חוֹלוֹן‎‎  (audio) (help·info)) is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In 2009, it had a population of 184,700.^[1] Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology[link]

The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word holon, meaning "(little) sand". The name Holon also appears in the Bible: "And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs" (Book of Joshua, 21:15).^[2]

History[link]

Holon was founded on sand dunes six kilometers from Tel Aviv in 1935.^[3] The Łódzia textile factory was established there by Jewish immigrants from Łódź, Poland, along with many other industrial enterprises.^[3] In the early months of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Holon was on the front line, with constant shooting taking place on the border with the village of Tel A-Rish to its northwest—a suburb of Arab Jaffa—and clashes also in the direction of the town of Yazur to the east. An attack by the Holon-based Haganah militia units on Tel A-Rish was repulsed with considerable losses. After the establishment of the state, Holon expanded to include Tel A-Rish (renamed "Tel Giborim", "The Mound of the Heroes") and the orange groves of Yazur.

Urban development[link]

Design Museum Holon

Historic landmarks in Holon slated for preservation include Derech Habitachon ("Safe Road"), paved during the Israeli war of independence; water towers in the Moledet and Azor neighborhoods; Hosmasa, a building used by the Haganah; the pillbox guard post; Stroma Square, Mansbach health clinic, Hameshakem building, the Agrobank neighborhood and two schools - Bialik and Shenkar.^[4]

Local government[link]

Mayors[link]

Culture[link]

Yanshul, symbol of the Holon Children's Museum

Holon hosts the annual Yemay Zemer song festival and a spring festival devoted to women. Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman runs a summer music camp in the city for young violinists.^[5]

Since the election of Mayor Moti Sasson in 1993, many cultural projects have been inaugurated. Billing itself as a "children's city," Holon is home to the Holon Children's Museum and the Mediatheque youth theater.^[6] Holon also plays host each year to a street carnival in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim, the Adloyada. Thousands of children dress up in costumes and the streets close down for a parade featuring colorful floats.^[7]

The Design Museum Holon, which opened in 2010 near the "Médiathèque" and the Faculty of Design of Holon Institute of Technology, is the first Israeli museum of design.

Mediatheque cultural center

Samaritan community[link]

Holon's Samaritan synagogue

In 1954, the president of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, helped to establish a Samaritan quarter on the outskirts of Holon. The quarter was named Neve Pinchas after Pinhas Ben-Abraham, the high priest of the Samaritan community.^[8]

Holon is one of only two cities in the world to have a Samaritan community, the other being the village of Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim above Nablus on the West Bank. That community fled Nablus for Kiryat Luza following the outbreak of the First Intifada (1987–93).^{[citation needed]}

Sports[link]

• Hapoel Holon (basketball) – premier league, national champion in 2008 and state cup holder in 2009
• Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. (football) – Liga Alef [3rd tier]
• Maccabi Kiryat-Sharett Holon (handball) – Liga Leumit [1st tier]
• Hapoel Holon chess (chess) – Liga Leumit [1st tier]

Notable residents[link]

Omri Casspi

• Moshik Afia (1974–), singer
• Chen Aharoni (1990–), singer
• Oz Almog (1956–), Israeli-Austrian artist & author
• Rafi Amit, poker player
• David Ben Dayan (1978–), soccer player
• Omri Casspi (1988–), NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• David D'Or (1966–), countertenor & composer; Israel's 2001 Singer of the Year
• Dana International (1972–), pop singer
• Eran Kolirin (1973–), cinema director & script writer
• Aryeh Krishek (1952 -), novelist and biographer
• Avihu Medina (1948–), composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer
• Lior Narkis (1976–), singer
• Chen Reiss, opera singer
• Rahel Vigdozchik (born 1989), Olympic rhythmic gymnast
• Peter Roth (1974–), rock singer & composer
• Ben Sahar (1989–), soccer player
• Arie Vardi, pianist & teacher

Twin cities[link]

Sister city shields at the city entrance

• Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Suresnes, France
• Berlin-Mitte, Germany
• Hann-Münden, Germany
• Anshan, China

Partnership of kindness with:

• Andong, South Korea

See also[link]

• Holon Academic Institute of Technology

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Holon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Holon Cemetery

• Holon Municipality official site (English)
• Friends of Holon Foundation (English)
• Design Museum Holon (English)
• Hapoel Holon Basketball Club official site (Hebrew)
• Zafririm Holon soccer club (Hebrew)
• Holon's Story Gardens (1/2)
• Holon's Story Gardens (2/2)
• Pictures of Holon – Israel in Photos
• Youth week in Holon (hebrew)

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Nik Bärtsch (born 1971) is a Swiss pianist, composer and producer from Zurich. He lives in Zurich and Berlin. He began studying piano and percussion at the age of 8. In 1997 he graduated from the Musikhochschule Zürich. Between the years of 1989 and 2001 he studied philosophy, linguistics and musicology at the University of Zurich. He was an Instructor for ‘Practical Aesthetics’ at the 'Musikhochschule Zürich/Winterthur' (2000–2003). In 2003/2004 he lived in Japan for half a year.

Music and career[link]

Nik Bärtsch currently works in three parallel musical settings: as a solo artist, with the acoustic group Mobile and with the 'zen-funk' group Ronin. As a solo artist he performs his own compositions on prepared piano with percussion. Mobile plays purely acoustic music, performed in rituals of up to 36 hours, which include lighting- and room design. Ronin, by contrast, is more flexible and plays rhythmically complex compositions that contain elements of jazz, funk and acoustic rock. Since 1997 Mobile has included Kaspar Rast (drums), Mats Eser (bass) and Don Li (clarinets, sax). In 2001 Ronin started with Kaspar Rast (drums) and Björn Meyer (bass), Andi Pupato (percussion) joined the band in finishing their first record "Randori" in 2001. In 2006 Sha (Clarinets, Sax) joined the band for album "Stoa" released by ECM Records. Bärtsch's earlier projects were released on Ronin Rhythm Records, in 2006 Bärtsch was signed to ECM and has released three albums. In 2008 Nik Bärtsch's Ronin album Holon was released by ECM Records. In 2010 Nik Bärtsch's Ronin album Llyria was released by ECM records. In 2009 Nik Bärtsch's Ronin contributed to the drama Sounds and Silence with Modul 42 and Sound and Silence, Music for Film soundtrack and DVD released by ECM records.

Awards[link]

1999 and 2002 Career award of the ‘UBS Cultural Foundation’. 2002 'Werkjahr' (career award) from the city of Zurich. 2004 Culture-award from the town of Zollikon (appreciation-award). 2006 Priority jazz support from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Discography[link]

Don Li

• 1999 Gen, Tonus-Music-Records

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin:

• 2010 Llyria, ECM
• 2008 Holon, ECM
• 2006 Stoa, ECM
• 2004 Rea, Ronin Records
• 2003 Live, Ronin Records
• 2002 Randori, Ronin Records

Nik Bärtsch's Mobile:

• 2004 Aer
• 2001 Ritual Groove Music

Nik Bärtsch:

• 2002 Hishiryo

External links[link]

• Official Homepage
• Nik Bärtsch's Ronin at MySpace
• Nik Bärtsch at Allmusic
• "In Conversation with Nik Bärtsch" by Stuart Nicholson (Jazz.com).

Daria Dmitrieva
Full name	Daria Andreyevna Dmitrieva
Nickname(s)	Dasha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1993-06-22) June 22, 1993 (age 19) Irkutsk, Russia
Height	171 centimetres (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	51 kilograms (112 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Gazprom
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Olga Buyanova
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills	Pivot Turn
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gold 2011 Montpellier Team Gold 2010 Moscow Ribbon Silver 2010 Moscow Ball Gold 2010 Moscow Team Gold 2009 Mie Team European Championships Gold 2011 Minsk Team Bronze 2011 Minsk Ball Gold 2008 Torino Team (junior) Gold 2008 Torino Ribbon (junior) World Cup Final Gold 2011 Tashkent All-around Gold 2011 Tashkent Hoop Gold 2011 Tashkent Ball Gold 2011 Tashkent Ribbon Silver 2011 Tashkent Clubs Bronze 2010 Pesaro Ball Grand Prix Final Silver 2011 Brno All-around Silver 2011 Brno Hoop Silver 2011 Brno Ball Silver 2011 Brno Clubs Silver 2011 Brno Ribbon Bronze 2010 Berlin All-around Silver 2010 Berlin Ball Summer Universiade Silver 2011 Shenzhen All-around Gold 2011 Shenzhen Ribbon Silver 2011 Shenzhen Ball

Daria Andreyevna Dmitrieva (Russian: Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast she was born on June 22 of 1993 in Irkutsk, Russia. She won the ribbon gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow. She is coached by Olga Buyanova, who has coached gymnasts like Oxana Kostina and Natalia Lipkovskaya.

In 2009 Daria broke into the international scene competing in important competitions like Corbeil-Essonnes. She was selected by Irina Viner to be a part of the main Russian national team, Daria went to the 2009 World Championships in Mie as a part of the national team with Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Olga Kapranova and Daria Kondakova. In qualifications she only competed with ball and helped her team to win the gold in the team competition. She qualified to the ball final with a score of 27.500 and finished in fourth place behind Ukraine's Anna Bessonova.

In 2010 Daria was again part of the Russian national team and at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow she helped her team to win the gold medal in the team competition and qualified for the ball and ribbon final. In the ball final she scored a 28.650 to win the silver medal finishing 0.050 points behind her team mate Yevgeniya Kanayeva, and in the ribbon final she scored a 28.825 to win the gold medal.

In 2011, Dmitrieva won the World Cup Tashkent in all around and three of the four apparatus ( Ball, Hoop and Ribbon ) she then competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade and was the All around silver medalist, she won the gold medal in Ribbon Finals beating teammate and 2008 Olympic Champion Yevgeniya Kanayeva.

In 2012, she competed at the World Cup in Kiev and won gold in All around and on the final apparatus in clubs, hoop and ribbon ahead of Ukrainian Alina Maksymenko . Dmitrieva withdrew from the World Cup series in Tashkent and the selection for a 2012 European spot in the Russian National Team because of a foot injury.

The Head coach of Russia, President of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics Irina Viner said the issue of participation in the Olympics remains open and will be resolved only after the June Grand Prix in Austria and the World Cup in Belarus in July.

External links[link]

• Daria Dmitrieva at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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