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Nesher (Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2011, Nesher had a population of 23,000. The mayor of Nesher is David Amar.
The town was called Nesher, Hebrew for vulture, from the Nesher Cement factory, which may have been so named after the German company Geier (vulture in German).
Nesher was founded in the early 1930s as a workers town for the Nesher Cement factory, established in 1922 by Michael Pollack, a Jewish industrialist from Russia. The area was swampy and malaria-infested, but employees of the factory gradually moved there with their families, bringing the population to 1,500. Nesher was floated as a public company in 1925. By the mid-1930s, it had 700 employees, both Jewish and Arab.
CBS statistics for 2005 show Nesher's ethnic makeup as 99.5% Jewish and other non-Arabs. 30.7% of the population in 2005 were immigrants who came to Israel after 1990.
According to 2001 CBS statistics, Nesher had 10,000 male and 10,500 female residents. The population was distributed as follows: 29.4% 19 years of age or younger, 16.1% between 20 and 29, 24.0% between 30 and 44, 16.0% from 45 to 59, 3.6% from 60 to 64, and 10.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 0.6%.
Avi Nesher (Hebrew: אבי נשר) (born 13 December 1953) is an Israeli film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor.
Avi Nesher was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel. The child of a Romanian-born diplomat, and a mother who came from Russia. In 1965, he moved with his family to the United States. He graduated high school at sixteen and studied international relations at Columbia University. In 1971, he returned to Israel and served in the IDF elite special forces unit Sayeret Matkal.
In 1978, Nesher directed and produced his first film, "HaLahaka" (Hebrew: "הלהקה", lit. "The Band"), which depicted an army entertainment troupe similar to the Nahal troupe (להקת הנח"ל). The film stars many of the leading actors and singers of that era, including Gidi Gov, Gali Atari, Sassi Keshet and Heli Goldenberg, most of whom served in military entertainment troupes themselves. The film was a commercial success in Israel (600,000 viewers) and gained cult film status. The movie production, accompanied by the composer Yair Rosenblum, who was musical director of the Nahal Military Group and composed the songs the band also appear in the film.
First Nesher (Mirage V) fighters handed over to the IDFAF
Camp Nesher 2014 - First Session "All-In!"
Nesher - Alto Preço
Nesher - Sinais
Tour De Haifa, Israel - Neve Sheanan, Nesher, Hadar
Nesher - Sonho Perdido
Nesher - A Chance
The IAI Nesher
MJC Awards 2 - NESHER
Majesty Nesher