Other uses Infobox Israel municipality name Haifa emblem Haifa coa.svg emblem type Emblem of Haifa image skyline Haifa Israel by David Shankbone.jpg image caption Haifa from Baha i gardens hebname Hebrew arname lang ar meaning type city typefrom altOffSp altUnoSp district haifa population ... Savyon Julia Shtraim Rami Levi Oded Doenitz website http www.haifa.muni.il Haifa en us Pages Home ... longs 0 longEW E Haifa lang he n , IPA he ei f , transl he efa lang ar transl ar DIN ... residents which makes up the inner core of the Haifa metropolitan area . ref name cbs populations cite ... JewishAgency English Aliyah About Israel Cities Haifa 9.htm title Haifa accessdate 2007 05 05 publisher ... www.jewishagency.org JewishAgency English Aliyah About Israel Cities Haifa 9.htm archivedate 26 September 2007 deadurl yes ref Haifa is a mixed city 90 are Jew s, more than a quarter of whom are immigrants ... Christian Christian religion. ref http www.jafi.org.il education 100 places haifa.html Haifa ... view.category.php 2 title History of Haifa accessdate 2008 04 11 ref Built on the slopes of Mount ... Age 14th century BCE . ref name autogenerated3 Encyclopaedia Judaica Encyclopedia Judaica , Haifa, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7, pp. 1134 1139 ref In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known ... been governed by the Haifa Municipality. Today, the city is a major Port of Haifa seaport located on Israel s Israeli coastal plain Mediterranean coastline in the Haifa Bay Bay of Haifa covering convert ... of Haifa and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology Technion , are located in Haifa, and the city ... ref Haifa Bay is a center of heavy industry, petroleum refining and chemical processing. Haifa was formerly the western terminus of an Mosul Haifa oil pipeline oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan ... Oil from Northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan publisher Haaretz author Cohen, Amiram accessdate 2008 12 06 ref Etymology File Haifa 2965 1.jpg thumb 250px Western Haifa from the air The earliest named settlement ... more details
Haifa may refer to Places Haifa , an Israel i port city Haifa District , an administrative district surrounding the city of HaifaHaifa metropolitan area Haifa Bay , a bay near HaifaHaifa Street , in Baghdad, Iraq Krayot Haifa , a cluster of five cities near Haifa Locations in the city of Haifa Cable cars in HaifaHaifa Bat Galim Central Bus Station Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station Haifa Center HaShmona Railway Station Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station Haifa Hof HaCarmel Railway Station Haifa Lee Breakwater Light , a lighthouse Matam, Haifa , a hi tech park Neighborhoods of Haifa German Colony, Haifa Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa Neve Sha anan, Haifa Romema Haifa Palestinian villages Abu Shusha Haifa District Al Mazar, Haifa Al Tira, Haifa Al Jalama, Haifa Kabara, Haifa Qira, Haifa Wadi Ara, Haifa Yajur, Haifa Companies and institutions Haifa Airport Haifa Center of Law & Technology Haifa Museum of Ancient Art Haifa Theatre IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Port of Haifa , the largest Israel s international seaport University of Haifa WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education Sport clubs Beitar Haifa F.C. , a football club Haifa Underdogs , an amateur American football team Haifa Wild Boars , a rugby team Hapoel Haifa F.C. , a football club Maccabi Haifa B.C. , a basketball club Maccabi Haifa B.C. Past Roster Maccabi Haifa F.C. , a football club 1988 89 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season 2008 09 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. players List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. seasons Maccabi Haifa W. , a weightlifting team Historical events History of Haifa Battle of Haifa 1948 Battle of Haifa Street , 2007 battle for the control of Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq Cairo Haifa train bombings 1948 Haifa Street helicopter incident in 2004 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing Haifa Oil Refinery massacre People Haifa Wehbe , a Lebanese singer Baby Haifa , an album by Haifa Wehbe Haifa Zangana , an Iraqi novelist Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani ... more details
This is a list of neighborhoods of the Israel i city of Haifa . File Vardiya Haifa.jpg thumb 250px Vardiya neighborhood, Haifa Bat Galim Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Kiryat Eliyahu Hadar HaCarmel Hadar Elyon Ahuza Horev Merkaz HaCarmel Carmel Center Denia, Haifa Denia Hod HaCarmel Shprintzak Carmel Ma aravi Western Carmel Carmeliya French Carmel Carmel Tzarfati French Carmel Ramat HaTishbi Stella Maris Neve Sha anan Haifa Neve Sha anan Neve Yosef Vardiya Ramot Sapir Ramat Chen Ramat Almogi Ramat Alon Ramat Alon South Ramat Golda Ramat Remez Ramat Haviv Ramat Denia Ein HaYam Ramat Begin Soroka Ramat Eshkol Halisa Wadi Nisnas Wadi Salib German Colony, Haifa German Colony Kiryat Haim Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa Kiryat Shmuel Kababir Romema Haifa Romema Shambur Neve Paz Kiryat Rabin Government District Category Haifa Category Neighborhoods of Haifa cs Seznam tvrt v Haif es Distritos y barrios de Haifa ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Baby Haifa Type studio Artist Haifa Wehbe Cover Baby Haifa.jpg Alt Released March 2010 Recorded 2009 2010 Genre Arabic Length Label Rotana Records Rotana Producer Last album Habibi Ana br 2008 This album Baby Haifa br 2010 Next album Baby Haifa is an album by Lebanese people Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe . It was released in March 2010 exclusively for kids under Rotana Records . ref cite web url http www.fanoos.com albums baby haifa songs.html title Baby Haifa Album Songs publisher Fanoos.com date accessdate 2012 01 15 ref The album contains eight songs, sung in Lebanese and Egyptian dialects. ref http lebanonentertainment.com main ?p 2647 dead link date January 2012 ref Baby Haifa songs can be listened to on Haifa Wehbe Music Radio which streams 24 7 live music for Haifa. Track listing 01 Ya Toto 02 Baba Fein 03 El Wawah 04 Naughty 05 Lamma El Shams 06 Baoussi 07 Aklok Mnin Ya Battah 08 Hek Al Mama References Reflist Category 2010 albums Category Rotana Records albums Category Haifa Wehbe albums Category Arabic language albums ... more details
File Haifa 0401.JPG 250px right Haifa Theatre The Haifa Theatre lang he Teatron Hefa is the municipal theater company of Haifa , Israel . Haifa Theater, Israel s first municipal theater, was established by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi . ref http www.tour haifa.co.il eng modules article view.article.php c19 65 Culture and Leisure in Haifa ref Founded in 1961, the Haifa Theater employs Jewish and Arab actors, and has an international reputation for performing provocative works. Its first director was Yosef Milo. ref http books.google.com books?id amvQP0MzxRwC&pg PA68&lpg PA68&dq haifa theater&source bl&ots R5QXI2Wxip&sig 4AXfzeXFmVZVl4 i6jSm0i kJsc&hl en&ei MUsdSonSPNy2jAfUu S3DQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8 Culture and Customs of Israel ref The troupe performs eight to 10 plays a year to a subscription audience of more than 30,000. It performs in cities, kibbutzim and settlements throughout Israel, and regularly presents works of modern theater in Hebrew and Arabic. ref http www.nytimes.com 1988 10 30 arts theater a playwright holds a light to israel s soul.html A Playwright Holds a Light To Israel s Soul ref The troupe s home base is the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater of Haifa in Haifa s Hadar Hacarmel neighborhood. ref http www.haifa foundation.org achievements.htm Haifa Foundation projects ref References reflist External links http google.com search?q cache fWu uX5UQiEJ www.haaretz.com hasen spages 1068574.html yosef milo&cd 9&hl en&ct clnk Haifa Theater controversies, Michael Handelzalts, Haaretz DEFAULTSORT Haifa Theatre Category Israeli culture coord 32 48 22.8 N 34 59 56.89 E region IL display title Category Jewish theatres Category Theatre companies in Israel Category Theatres and concert halls in Israel es Teatro de Haifa he ru ... more details
The Haifa Museum of Art , established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930 s in Wadi Nisnas , Downtown Haifa . The museum focuses on Israel i and international contemporary art , and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art. Other institutions under the auspices of the Haifa Museums iunclude the Man Catz Museum dedicated to paintings from the School of Paris and Jewish artifacts and the City Museum of Haifan History, located in the German Colony Haifa Germany Colony . Also under the Museum s aegis are the Museum of Prehistory, the Israeli National Maritime Museum and the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art . The Hecht Museum Museum of Ancient Art , housed in the university of Haifa , which specializes in archeological finds discovered in Israel and the Mediterranean basin, was inaugurated in 1984. See also List of museums in Israel External links http www.hma.org.il Haifa Museum of art http www.ilmuseums.com museum eng.asp?id 3 The Haifa Museum of Art in ilMuseums.com http www.haifamuseums.org.il Museum Templates showpage.asp?DBID 1&LNGID 1&TMID 84&FID 554&PID 1582 The HFA Museums , in haifamuseums.org Coord 32 49 19.6 N 34 59 31.98 E display title Category Museums in Haifa Category Haifa Category Buildings and structures in Haifa Category Museums established in 1949 israel struct stub Asia museum stub he pl Muzeum Hajfy uk ... more details
about an Israeli administrative district the former British Mandate district District of Haifa Infobox Israel district name Haifa District image Haifa District in Israel.svg caption imgsize 150px hebname Hebrew arname capital Haifa largest city Haifa no cities 11 no lc 14 no rc 4 population 858,000 popyear 2007 area 864 Haifa District lang he , Mehoz eifa lang ar is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa , Israel . The district is one of Districts of Israel six administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km sup 2 sup 299.3 mi sup 2 sup . ref Cite web url http www.cbs.gov.il reader shnaton templ shnaton.html?num tab st01 02x&CYear 2007 format PDF publisher Israel Central Bureau of Statistics accessdate 2008 02 16 title Land Use, By District and Sub District ref According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2005, the population of the district stood at 858,000, of which 71.27 are Jewish , 18.81 are Arab Muslims , 1.78 are Arab Christian s, 2.52 are Druze , and 4.9 ... Regional Councils valign top Baqa Jatt Hadera Haifa Nesher Or Akiva Kiryat Ata Kiryat Bialik Kiryat ... of Israel Haifa District coord 32 35 N 35 00 E region IL type adm1st source GNS enwiki display title Category Haifa District af Haifa distrik an Destrito de Haifa bg ca Districte de Haifa cs Haifsk distrikt da Haifa distriktet de Haifa Bezirk et Haifa ringkond es Distrito de Haifa eo Distrikto ajfo eu Haifa barrutia fa fr District de Ha fa ko hy hr Okrug Haifa id Distrik Haifa it Distretto di Haifa he ka lt Haifos apskritis ms Daerah Haifa nl Haifa district ja no Haifa distriktet pnb pl Dystrykt Hajfy pt Haifa distrito ro Districtul Haifa ru sco Haifa Destrict sr fi Haifan hallintoalue sv Haifa distrikt tr Hayfa B lgesi uk yi zh ... more details
Infobox Company company name Maccabi Haifa br company logo company type Maccabi sports Maccabi genre Sports foundation 1963 founder location city Haifa location country Israel location origins key people Yochanan Vollach President area served industry products services revenue operating income net income num employees parent divisions subsid owner company slogan homepage dissolved footnotes Maccabi Haifa lang he is a sports club in Israel , founded in 1913, and part of the Maccabi sports Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Association football Football , Powerlifting Weightlifting , swimming sport swimming , Tennis , Table tennis , Volleyball , Team handball , Water polo , Ice hockey , Artistic gymnastics , Chess , Boxing , Fencing and others. Maccabi Haifa is well known for its green uniforms. In European competitions they are playing in Ramat Gan Stadium , 95 kilometers away from Haifa because their stadium is unapproved. Teams Maccabi Haifa F.C. football Maccabi Haifa B.C. basketball Maccabi Haifa W. weighlifting References reflist Unreferenced date August 2009 Category Maccabi Haifa Category Sport in Haifa Category Multi sport clubs in Israel Israel org stub Israel footyclub stub Europe basketball team stub cs Makabi Haifa fr Maccabi Ha fa it Maccabi Haifa he simple Maccabi Haifa ... more details
Hockey team team Haifa Hawks color red color text white logo logosize city Haifa , Israel league Israeli League ice hockey Israeli League conference division founded 1986 arena Canada Centre colours coach GM website name1 dates1 name2 dates2 The Haifa Hawks are an Israeli ice hockey team based out of the city of Haifa . They participate in the Israeli League ice hockey Israeli League , the top level of Israeli ice hockey. History The Hawks were founded in 1986, and have won the Israeli League ice hockey Israeli League title three times, in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Achievements Israeli champion 3 2006, 2007, 2008 Notable Players Alon Eizenman Oren Eizenman Daniel Spivak External links he icon http www.hawkshaifa.com Hawks Haifa Official website http www.hockeyarenas.net index.php3?page 4002&cupID il&tmID 2692&tdSaison 2008 Haifa Hawks on hockeyarenas.net Category Ice hockey teams in Israel Icehockey team stub de Haifa Hawks ... more details
File Sunrise at Haifa Bay.jpg right thumb 300px Haifa Bay Haifa Bay lang he , Mifratz Haifa is a small bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel . Haifa Bay is Israel s only natural harbor on the Mediterranean. Fed by the Kishon River , the cities of Haifa and Acre, Israel Acre mark its southern and northern capes, while its centre is lined with dune s and the suburban Krayot neighbourhoods. Mount Carmel rises from the southern edge, while the mountains of the Western Galilee run up to the shore at the northern boundary. The Port of Haifa lies along part of its southeastern ... on Haifa Bay in the wake of British Mandate of Palestine British Mandatory budgeting for development of the area. ref http www.ynet.co.il english articles 0,7340,L 3538788,00.html Haifa Bay in the 1920s ... port facilities. The Haifa Bay Development Company, founded in February 1925 to further these plans ... area to 57,000. ref http books.google.com books?id dgqj1Ox8StsC&pg PA224&lpg PA224&dq haifa .... ref http books.google.com books?id dgqj1Ox8StsC&pg PA224&lpg PA224&dq haifa bay&source bl&ots o88FmDJsBC ... 1939 ref In 1934, the Phoenicia glass factory was established in Haifa Bay. The company moved to Yeruham ... WF3 QJ www.pgw.co.il About General tabid 75 Default.aspx haifa phoenicia glass factory&cd 5&hl en&ct clnk&gl ca Phoenicia Glass Works ref Industrial zone Haifa Bay s extensive industrial zone , with its ... incidence of cancer in the surrounding communities, ref http www.green.org.il eng air haifa.html Haifa ... www.phc.org.il 1625 Gas Opportunity Switching to Using Natural Gas in the Haifa Bay Area ref The 76 meter high twin cooling tower s of the Oil Refineries Ltd Haifa oil refinery are a nationally recognized ... used since technological advancements in refining have made them obsolete. commons category Haifa bay References Reflist coord 32 49 23.01 N 35 1 26.04 E display title Category Haifa Category Regions ... von Haifa es Bah a de Haifa he jv Teluk Haifa pl Zatoka Hajfy ru uk ... more details
advert date December 2011 Haifa Chemicals Ltd. is a private company private international corporation which primarily manufactures fertilizers for agriculture and chemicals for the food industry . Haifa Chemicals Haifa is the world pioneer in developing and supplying Potassium Nitrate and Specialty Plant Nutrients for advanced agriculture in various climates, weather and soil conditions. Haifa also manufactures Controlled Release Fertilizers for agriculture, horticulture, ornamentals and turf. Haifa ... and vegetables. Many of Haifa s fertilizers can be used as a fertilizer solution that is applied ... name PotassiumChloride Potassium Chloride Ten Year Outlook 2011, CRU group ref . History Haifa was founded in Israel in 1967. The company s name is a tribute to the city of Haifa , where Haifa Chemicals was established and where the company s headquarters are based since then. Haifa was founded as a government ... release fertilizers, Haifa revolutionized agriculture and influenced agriculture technologies. Today Haifa s global activities embrace agriculture societies in 5 continents and in more than 100 countries. Haifa group includes 12 subsidiaries worldwide. The annual turnover estimation is around 700 Million 2010 . Since 1989 Haifa is owned by Trance Resource Inc. TRI , An American Holding Company ... in plant nutrition, http www.ncagr.gov agronomi pdffiles essnutr.pdf. ref Haifa is supplying about ... of fertilizing products that made these advantages reachable and affordable. Haifa is a pioneer ... and traditions that lead agriculture for centuries and millenniums. Haifa is influencing this conservative and traditional profession by distribution of knowledge. In fact, Haifa became a source ... the world. In 2011 Haifa transferred the knowledge to the internet, free to everyone, and launched ... 0 HaifaHaifa Chemicals info BDIcode http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp ... Chemical companies of Israel it Haifa Chemicals nl Haifa Chemicals ... more details
about a British Mandate District in northern Palestine the current Israeli district Haifa District The District of Haifa was an administrative Districts of the British Mandate of Palestine district of the British Mandate of Palestine that covered the northern Mediterranean coast of regional Palestine , southwestern Galilee , and the Wadi Ara region. It was disintegrated after the British withdrawal from the area. Prior to and during the 1948 Arab Israeli War around half of the Arab localities were depopulated or destroyed. The entire district was captured by Israel and most of its Arab defenders were composed of the Arab Liberation Army and local militias. br class wikitable style font size 120 background aaff20 Former localities style font size 120 background aaff20 Existing localities valign top Abu Shusha Haifa Abu Shusha Abu Zurayq Arab al Fuqara Arab al Nufayat Arab Zahrat al Dumayri Ayn Ghazal Ayn Hawd Balad ash Sheikh Barrat Qisarya Beit Lehem Burayka al Burj, Khirbat al Butaymat Daliyat al Rawha al Damun, Khirbat al Dumayri al Ghubayya al Fawqa al Ghubayya al Tahta Hawsha Ijzim Jaba Al Jalama, Haifa al Jalama Kabara, Haifa Kabara Kafr Lam al Kafrayn al Kasayir, Khirbat Khubbaiza Lid, Khirbat al Manara al Manara, Khirbat al Mansi al Mansura Haifa al Mansura al Mansura, Khirbat al Mazar al Naghnaghiyya Qannir Qira, Haifa Qira Qisarya Qumbaza, Khirbat al Rihaniyya Sabbarin al Sarafand al Sarkas, Khirbat Sa sa , Khirbat al Shuna, Khirbat al Sindiyana al Tantura al Tira Haifa ... Waldheim Yajur, Haifa Yajur valign top Amriyye Ara Ar ara Atlit Basmat Tab un Binyamina Buweishat Daliyat al Carmel Fureidis Hadera Haifa Hajajra Hilf al Humeira I billin Ibtin Isifiya Jeida Jisr az ... HaifaTownsSnapshot.html Haifa District Town Listings in a Snapshot List of former and existent Arab towns of the Haifa District. Palestine Remembered. Haifa District For Jewish localities established ... District Of Haifa Category Haifa Category British Mandate for Palestine Category District of Haifa ... more details
Image Haifa 2752 1.jpg right thumb The Port of Haifa The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel s three major international seaport s, which include the Port of Ashdod , and the Port of Eilat . It has a natural deep water harbor which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and handles ... to 5,000 when cruise ships dock in Haifa. ref http www.haaretz.com hasen spages 876284.html Radius of destruction , Haaretz. ref The Port of Haifa lies to the north of Haifa s downtown quarter on the Mediterranean ... of Haifa Gulf of HaifaHaifa Bay has been a refuge for mariners since prehistoric times. When the crusades Crusaders conquered Haifa in the year 1100, it became an important town and the main ... the tremendous possibilities of a port in Haifa was Theodor Herzl , the father of Zionism Political .... ref cite news last first coauthors title Troops on Guard as Britain Opens Harbor of Haifa work pages ... 2007 08 24 ref The port allowed Haifa to blossom, and in 1936, the city had over 100,000 inhabitants ... title From Munich to Haifa Journey Into the Light For present day Israeli immigrants ... and the eastern borders sealed by its Arab neighbors, Haifa served as a crucial gateway ... of Haifa, viewed from the sea.jpg right thumb Port of Haifa, viewed from the harbor The Port of Haifa ... a passenger rail station Haifa Center HaShmona Railway Station Haifa Center HaShmona is located nearby ... History made at the Port of Haifa Carmel wharf opens in Hebrew . ref The Port maintains facilities for the United States Sixth Fleet . ref encarta.msn.com encyclopedia 761575544 Haifa.html Haifa on Encarta ref References reflist External links commons cat Port of Haifa http www.haifaport.org.il ... and harbours of Israel Haifa Link GA pl cs Haifsk p stav es Puerto de Haifa ko he pl Port Hajfa pt Porto de Haifa yi ... more details
Infobox airport name Haifa Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image image width ... operator Israel Airports Authority city served location Haifa elevation f 28 elevation m 9 coordinates ... data footnotes Haifa International Airport lang he , Namal HaTe ufa Haifa , also known as U Michaeli Airport Airport codes HFA LLHA is an Israel i airport located in Haifa . It is located ... to expand it onto reclaimed land in the Gulf of Haifa . History Haifa Airport was established ... of flights into Palestine landed in Haifa but in 1940, civil flights were stopped due to the Second ... Haifa . RAF Haifa RAF Haifa was a Royal Air Force station in Palestine between 1942 and 1948. Haifa ... to the Second World War and it became RAF Haifa . The RAF station closed in 1948 and the airport re opened as Haifa Airport. Operational units at RAF Haifa 1942 to 1948 ref name Lake cite book last ... 1948 Auster AOP6 Haifa Airport 1948 0n The airport reopened for passenger traffic in 1948 with flights ... www.highbeam.com doc 1P1 6000121.html title Haifa Airport to go international publisher Jerusalem ... title Haifa airport for sale. Bouygues to bid on Haifa, Israel, airport publisher Israel Business ... standard. ref cite web title Shalom calls for NIS 800m. upgrade of Haifa airport url http ... collapse collapse Statistics for Haifa Airport ref Cite web url http www.azworldairports.com cfm ... a1800hfa.cfm title Haifa U Michaeli Airport HFA LLHA accessdate 2009 06 16 ref ref Cite web url http www.iaa.gov.il Rashat en US Airports Haifa AbouttheAirport Statistics title Facts and Figures accessdate ... 13,602 Image HaifaAerodrome.jpg thumb 300px Haifa Airport chart Plans The Israel Airports Authority ... of the Port of HaifaHaifa Seaport expansion plan, plans are being considered to greatly extend the length of the airport s runway onto Land reclamation reclaimed land in Haifa Bay , allowing for long ... Airports HaifaHaifa International Airport http www.airports worldwide.com israel haifa israel.htm ... more details
Infobox University name The University of Haifa image File UofH.png 125px University of Haifa logo native ... Rafaeli president Aaron Ben Ze ev rector David Farraggi city Haifa country Israel undergrad postgrad ... Ben Zeev.JPG right thumb Prof. Aaaron Ben Ze ev, President of the University of Haifa File Haifa 3003 1.jpg right thumb Haifa University File Eshkol tower haifa u.jpg right thumb The Eshkol Tower The University of Haifa lang he is a university in Haifa , Israel . The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi , to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Haifa university is located on Carmel mountain . in the year of 1972 haifa university declared its independence and became the sixth academic institution in israel and the fourth ... rate higher education, the University of Haifa aims to provide equal educational opportunities to all ... the Jew ish and Arab populations on and off campus. The University of Haifa is home to the Hecht Museum ... Haifa Research Laboratory research center on its campus. History In its first year 472 students attended ..., and Political Science. The academic staff included 180 instructors, 50 of them Haifa residents. In 1967, the University of Haifa awarded a diploma to its first graduates, 75 in number, three quarters of whom intended to be teachers. The first home of the University of Haifa was in Erdstein House in the Hadar HaCarmel section of Haifa, but it soon became too crowded. The University moved to Merkaz ... of the ex prime minister Levi Eshkol . that building was the highest in the whole city of haifa until 2002 The University of Haifa has been ranked 10th among 36 academic institutes in Israel, according ... University of Haifa can be identified with the will to let political organizaions to act at the University.There ... Vollach , footballer, president of Maccabi Haifa , CEO Haneen Zoabi , politician Notable academics ... http www.haifa.ac.il index eng.html The University of Haifa homepage English References reflist ... more details
File Old Jewish Cemetery in Haifa.JPG thumb 250px Tomb of Avdimi of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Avdimi of Haifa lang he Hebrew , Transliteration translit Avdimi d min Haifa in the Jerusalem Talmud Hebrew , Transliteration translit Avduma d Haifa was among the greatest of the amoraim of Eretz Israel who flourished during the 3rd and 4th centuries. ref name TTV http www.hebrewbooks.org pdfpager.aspx?req 43956&pgnum 91 Toldos Tannaim ve Amoraim , Vol 1., pg.91 92. ref He was a student of Levi ben Sisi and Resh Lakish and his pupils included Rabbi Abbahu , Rav Zeira and Rabbi Helbo . ref name TTV His traditional burial place lies in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Haifa , on Yaffa Street. Travelers and pilgrims from the Middle Ages noted his grave site. Spanish pilgrim Isaac Chelo 1333 wrote blockquote Haifa sits opposite Mt. Carmel and is the birthplace of Rav Avdimi d min Haifa. In this city there is a community famous for its piety. And all who travel to the Holy Land come to visit the Jewish cemetery, because therein sic lays buried many of the wise men of Israel... ref M. Shurak. http www.tog.co.il en Place.aspx?id 79 Gravesite of Rav Avdimi , Tog News , November 18, 2009. ref blockquote References Reflist Amoraim DEFAULTSORT Avdimi of Haifa Category Talmud rabbis of the Land of Israel Category 3rd century rabbis Category People from Haifa rabbi stub he ... more details
Image Haifa Bay.JPG thumb 250px View of lower city and Haifa Bay The History of Haifa dates back to the 3rd ... A small port city, Tell Abu Hawam , existed in the Haifa region in the Late Bronze Age 14th century BCE . ref name autogenerated3 Encyclopedia Judaica, Haifa, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7 ... of Zeus i.e., the Carmel which may be a reference to Haifa in the Persian period. ref name autogenerated3 ... lies southwest of Bat Galim neighbourhood of Haifa . ref cite web url http mushecht.haifa.ac.il ... publisher University of Haifa accessdate 2008 01 25 ref Mount Carmel and the Kishon River are also ... on this hilltop in Canaanite and early Israelite times ref http bahai library.com ullian israel haifa ... Early Haifa is believed to have been located in an area that extends from the present day Rambam Hospital ... modules article view.article.php c2 41 title Old Haifa accessdate 2008 01 20 publisher Tour Haifa.co.il ... location of early Haifa with many researchers believing that the name Haifa is identical to a settlement ... eng modules article view.article.php c2 41 title Old Haifa accessdate 2008 01 20 publisher Tour Haifa.co.il ... in 600 CE, the population of Haifa is thought to have been widely dispersed across the area. ref ... name JVL cite web url http www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org jsource vie viehaifa.html title Haifa publisher ... was engaged in commerce. ref Haifa, The Guide to Israel, Zev Vilnay, Jerusalem, 1970, p.382 ref Haifa was located near the town of Shikmona , the main Jewish town in the area at that time and a center ... cloth Byzantine and Crusader rule Under Byzantine Empire Byzantine rule, Haifa continued to flourish ... url http books.google.com books?id 27nq65cZUIgC&pg PA213&dq haifa byzantine 7 century&lr &as brr ... of Haifa Under Turkish Rule edition 4th Edition publisher Pardes location Haifa isbn 965 7171 05 9 pages ... modules article view.article.php 40 c2 title Haifa in the Middle Ages publisher Tour Haifa.co.il accessdate ... Carmelite.org.uk accessdate 2008 03 20 ref Since that time, at the peak of the Mount near Haifa ... more details
coord 33 20 11.4 N 44 22 53.4 E scale 10000 region IQ BG display title Haifa Street or Hayfa Street lang ar is a two mile long street in Baghdad , Iraq . ref name tide turning cite news url http ... University of Texas accessdate 2006 06 25 ref It was named Haifa in the 1980s by Saddam Hussein in honor of the port city of Haifa . The street is lined with many high rise building s. Prior to the 1990 1991 gulf war , the British Embassy in Iraq was located on Haifa Street. During the American invasion of Iraq Haifa Steet was the location of the June 2004 Operation Haifa Street , ref cite web url http www.globalsecurity.org military ops oif haifa street.htm title Operation Haifa Street publisher Globalsecurity.org date 2006 06 15 accessdate 2006 01 10 ref and the September 2004 Haifa Street ... ing on Haifa Street killed 47. ref cite news date September 15, 2004 title Blast Kills 47 in Baghdad Hell on Haifa Street url http www.counterpunch.org patrick09152004.html first Patrick last Cockburn ... Patrols Turn Ugly on Baghdad s Haifa Street date September 22, 2004 first Lisa last Burgess publisher ... Haifa Street a safer place. By mid 2005 there were reports that conditions on Haifa Street had calmed .... Fifty people were killed in a Battle of Haifa Street US led operation there on January 9, 2007 ... 24, 2007 accessdate 2006 01 25 ref Gallery center gallery Image Haifa street, as seen from the medical city hospital across the tigres.jpg Haifa street, as seen from the medical city hospital across the Tigris river Image High residential rising buildings in Haifa street.jpg High rising residential buildings in Haifa street Image King Faisal s statue at the end of Haifa street.jpg Faisal I of Iraq King Faisal s statue at a square named after him at the end of Haifa street gallery center External links http ca.youtube.com watch?v nlNORX006 c Video of gun battle on Haifa Street, January 2007 References ... in Baghdad Baghdad stub ar es Calle Haifa ... more details
Haifa Abdelhak born 1982 is a Tunisian team handball player. She plays on the Tunisia women s national handball team Tunisian national team , and participated at the 2011 World Women s Handball Championship in Brazil. ref cite web url http www.ihf.info files CompetitionData 121 PDF TUN.PDF title XX Women s World Championship 2011 Brasil &ndash Team Roster Tunisia publisher International Handball Federation accessdate 11 December 2011 ref References Reflist Tunisia squad 2011 World Women s Handball Championship Persondata NAME Abdelhak, Haifa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Handball player DATE OF BIRTH 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abdelhak, Haifa Category 1982 births Category Living people Category Tunisian handball players Tunisia sport bio stub Africa handball bio stub fr Haifa Abdelhak ... more details
Haifa Zangana born 1950 in Baghdad , Iraq ref name HaifaFacts cite web url http www.stateofnature.org poemsIraq.html title Haifa Facts accessdate 2007 08 27 publisher stateofnature.org ref is an Iraq i novelist, author, artist, and political activist. She is most notably known for writing Women on a Journey Between Baghdad and London . ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk comment story 0,,1550325,00.html work The Guardian location London title Chewing on meaningless words first Haifa last Zangana date 2005 08 17 accessdate 2010 05 04 ref ref http www.selvesandothers.org view547.html Haifa Zangana Bot generated title ref Haifa grew up in Baghdad and graduated from Baghdad University and the School of pharmacy in 1974. In the early 1970s, as a young activist in the Iraqi Communist Party Haifa was imprisoned by the Baath regime but she managed to escape execution. When she was released from prison, she stayed in Iraq to continue pursuing her studies. As a member of the PLO , she was the manager of the pharmaceutical unit, moving between Syria and Lebanon in 1975. She came to United Kingdom Britain in 1976. ref http www.brusselstribunal.org bios Zangana.htm Questioning the New Imperial World Order Bot generated title ref As a painter and writer she participated in the Eighties in various European and American publications and group exhibitions, with one woman shows in London and Iceland ... on Iraq . ref name HaifaFacts cite web url http www.stateofnature.org poemsIraq.html title Haifa ... 1991 References reflist External links http www.versobooks.com authors 210 210 haifa zangana Author page at Verso http www.guardian.co.uk comment story 0,,1550325,00.html Haifa Zangana Article Chewing on meaningless words Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Zangana, Haifa ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Zangana, Haifa Category 1950 births Category Living people Category Iraqi writers Category ... to the United Kingdom Iraq bio stub MEast writer stub ar ro Haifa Zangana ... more details
Image Haifa 6744 1.jpg 250px thumb Matam hi tech park in Haifa Matam Hebrew Merkaz Ta asiyout Mada lit. acronym of Scientific Industries Center , located at the southern entrance to Haifa , is the largest and oldest dedicated hi tech parks in Israel. The Park is an international technology center, with some of the world s leading hi tech companies maintaining research and development facilities at the park, including http www.processgene.com ProcessGene , Intel , IBM , Microsoft , Yahoo , Philips , Google , Qualcomm , Zoran Corporation , NDS Group , Elbit Systems , Aladdin Knowledge Systems , NetManage , Neustar and NetApp . ref name Matam http www.gav yam.co.il GavYam site matam eng about us main.asp MATAM Prak About us ref Location Image Haifa genel030.jpg thumb 250px A view of the park from a nearby hill The park is situated on a main thoroughfare, between Highway 2 Israel highway 2 and Highway 4 Israel highway 4 , and near the public transportation hub of the Haifa Hof HaCarmel Railway Station Carmel Beach Railway Station and Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station Central Bus Station . The Carmel Tunnels west portals, which have opened in December 2010, provide easy access by car to the park from areas north and east of Haifa. History Matam Park was founded in the 1970s by the Haifa Economic Corporation, and has been gradually expanded ever since. One of first tenants in the Park was Intel , which set up its Haifa research and development center in 1974, and today has over 2000 employees in Matam. Today the park is 51 owned by Gav Yam Bayside Land Corporation TASE BYSD and 49 by the Haifa Economic Corporation ref http www.hec.co.il Calcalit Templates showpage.asp?DBID 1&LNGID 1&TMID 84&FID 267 Haifa Economic Corporation About Us ref Description Matam Park is a closed campus, covering an area of approximately 220,000 square meters with about 8000 ... 32 47 19 N 34 57 33 E display title Category Neighborhoods of Haifa Category Industrial parks in Israel ... more details
copy edit date November 2011 refimprove date November 2011 File Haifa Cinematheque P4260044.JPG thumb right 250px Haifa Cinematheque at the Haifa Auditorium Haifa Cinematheque is a Cinematheque that located at the Auditorium of Haifa is a the shows center of the Caramel Center. Every year a quarter of a million visitors watching the various performances. The Cinematheque works on education, promotion, cultivation and exposure of the art of the Film Cinema and offers a daily program based on the repertory, tasks education films to a book series Film and Lectures in cinema. Cinematheque screened over 40 films different each month, throughout the week, two movie theaters and optimal projection quality. Cinematheque offers audiences a diverse and include movies classic, restored, retrospectives, new movie and a contemporary, special programs and one off around the world, radiation parties integrated dialogues with filmmakers from Israel and the world, a series of lectures movies and gestures combined Israeli artists. To Israeli Cinema a place of honor on the screen Cinematheque, Israeli film projectionist feature, documentaries and student films. Cinematheque center around the Haifa International Film Festival, which takes place every year in the sand the date Sukkot. During 2010 a new building was built for the Cinematheque near the lev Ha mifratz shopping mall. coord 32.80336 34.98518 type landmark region IL HA display title See also Tel Aviv Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque External links official website http www.haifacin.co.il in Hebrew Category Haifa Category Cinemas and movie theatres in Israel he ... more details
artist image Haifa in Abu Dhabi.JPG caption Haifa Wehbe during a F1 Powerboat World Championship s concert in Abu Dhabi . name Haifa Wehbe br lang ar background solo singer birth date Birth ... Actress website http www.haifawehbe.com Haifa Wehbe Arabic alphabet Arabic born 1974 ref http www.google.com hostednews afp article ALeqM5gCB3CcVNs9ozEUCyRlrQiF49QuXw Arab pop star Haifa ... 2009 nov 17 nubian fury haifa wehbe Nubian fury at monkey lyric of Arab pop star Haifa Wehbe ref ref http www.theweek.co.uk people news 18427 singer haifa wehbe angers nubians monkey lyric Singer Haifa ... news region lebanon arab pop star haifa wehbe weds egyptian businessman 1.65217 Arab pop star Haifa ... magazine Haifa Wehbe.asp ref Early life Wehbe was born in Mahrouna, a small Shia farming town in Lebanon ... time model at a young age. ref http www.yuddy.com celebrity haifa wehbe bio ref Wehbe won the title ... star haifa wehbe sides with hezbollah 42928 title Lebanese Pop Star Haifa Wehbe Sides With Hezbollah ... hundred magazine covers. Career File Haifa Wehbe.jpg thumb right Performing in Cairo Houwa El Zaman ... became her biggest hit to date, Ana Haifa Arabic alphabet Arabic , English I Am Haifa , which ..., performing in front of celebrities and fashion designers. Haifa Wehbe has also performed with artists ... including the lead single Mosh Adra Astana . In the Middle East album sales struggled due to Haifa s lack ... tremendous publicity. Baby Haifa 2010 present After a lengthy delay, Wehbe released a children s album titled Baby Haifa in March 2010 under Rotana Records . ref name MBC 1 http www.mbc.net portal ... attention to her work . ref cite news title Haifa Wahbi threatens to leave Rotana url http www.albawaba.com entertainment haifa wahbi threatens leave E2 80 98rotana E2 80 99 393413 accessdate 2011 09 25 newspaper Al Bawaba date 2011 09 25 ref Haifa is now working on releasing the album soon and her ... invasion of Lebanon . ref name haifa Sela, Yohai. Omedia.com. http www.omedia.org Show Article.asp ... more details
File Old Romema 10 .JPG thumb 300px Romema, Haifa Romema lang he is a neighborhood in the city of Haifa , Israel . Romema also known as The Romemot and Ramat Ben Gurion is located east of Ahuza , on the northern slope of Mount Carmel . Today the neighborhood has two sections New Romema and Old Romema with a joint population of 8,340. ref name haifa muni http www1.haifa.muni.il aliya pages.aspx?pageName RamotHaCarmel Haifa neighborhoods ref Etymology The name Romema lit. lifted high is based on a verse from the Bible , Psalms 118 16, The Lord s right hand is lifted high. Landmarks Romema Arena Heichal HaSport , the Haifa Municipal Sports Complex, is located in Romema. ref name haifa muni The arena holds some 3,400 spectators and is among the largest in Israel. ref http njjewishnews.com njjn.com 080708 ltTurningUpHeat.html Turning up the Heat for Israeli basketball ref Arab Israeli conflict On March 31, 2002, an 18 year old Arab suicide bomber , Shadi Tobassi, from Jenin blew himself up at the Matza restaurant suicide bombing Matza restaurant located on the highway east of Romema, killing 14 people. Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack. ref http google.com search?q cache u220mRff4gwJ www.passia.org palestine facts chronology 2002.htm romema haifa landmarks&cd 9&hl en&ct clnk Palestine Chronology 2002 ref Archaeology File Khirbet Rushmiya 177.jpg thumb 250px Khirbet Rushmiya ruins in Romema The remains of a fortress were excavated in Romema. Pottery finds indicate it was constructed at the end of the 2nd century BCE or the beginning of the 1st century BCE and may have been Hasmonean . The site was rebuilt in Roman and Byzantine times, and became the site of a Crusades Crusader fort. ref http books.google.com books ... Frameworks, Israel Shatzman ref See also Neighborhoods of Haifa References reflist coord 32 47 12.76 N 34 59 42.84 E display title Category Neighborhoods of Haifa cs Romema Haifa he ... more details
Infobox Film name Haifa image image size caption director Rashid Masharawi producer Erik Schut br Peter van Vogelpoel writer Rashid Masharawi narrator starring Mohammed Bakri music cinematography Ehab Assal br Edwin Verstegen editing Hadara Oren distributor released 8 August, 1996 runtime 75 minutes country Film Palestine language Arabic budget preceded by followed by Haifa is a 1996 in film 1996 cinema of Palestine Palestinian drama film directed by Rashid Masharawi . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival . ref name festival cannes.com cite web url http www.festival cannes.com en archives ficheFilm id 4713 year 1996.html title Festival de Cannes Haifa accessdate 2009 09 20 work festival cannes.com ref Cast Mohammed Bakri Haifa Ahmad Abu Sal oum Abu Said Hiam Abbass Oum Said as Hiyam Abbass Nawal Zaqout Sabah Fadi El Ghoul Siad Areen Omari Samira Khaled Awad Abbas as Khalid Awad George Ibrahim actor Postman Mariam El Hin Haifa s aunt Mahmoud Qadah Said Hussam Abu Eisheh Barber Samer Abu Eisheh Son of the barber Younis Younis Younis References reflist External links imdb title id 0116501 title Haifa CinemaofPalestine Category 1996 films Category Palestinian films Category Arabic language films Category 1990s drama films Category Films directed by Rashid Masharawi 1990s drama film stub ... more details
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