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	Haifa
		In 1265, Haifa fell to the Mamlukes, and in 1750 was captured by the Bedouin, Dahar al-Omar, who destroyed, then rebuilt and fortified it.
		Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, with a population of approximately 250,000, and perhaps its most progressive.
		Haifa is a blue-collar town -- it is the place where the Histadrut was founded in 1920 -- that also has a reputation for having a more pluralist approach to Judaism.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/viehaifa.html (1162 words)

	Haifa - Israel Special Weapons Facilities
		Haifa Port served as the gate for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who arrived by sea during the period prior to and after the State of Israel came into being.
		Haifa is a center for the chemical, petrochemical and metal industries and is a main provider of services for the entire Northern region of Israel.
		Haifa's port and railway network, modernisation and expansion of Haifa's airport into an international terminal, and the construction of the cross-city tunnel to streamline traffic are some of the improvements underway.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/israel/haifa.htm (523 words)

	Travel in Haifa - Israel - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		The Museum is a memorial to illegal immigration to Israel during the state formation period and to the history of the Israeli Navy.
		The Museum, founded by the late Arye Ben Eli, is dedicated to the history of shipping in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Nile for 5000 years.
		The Museum is attached to the Haifa Zoo.
	www.mideasttravelling.net /israel/haifa/haifa_culture.htm (608 words)

	ERETZ Magazine
		The Haifa City Museum is located in the German Colony, in a stone building constructed by the Templers, a German Christian movement whose members settled in the Land of Israel in the second half of the nineteenth century.
		In 1988, the museum opened a new wing, depicting the history of the struggle, the clandestine immigration, and the detention camps in Cyprus.
		The museum is housed in a building of the station, which served at the beginning of the twentieth century as a terminal for the Haifa-Damascus line.
	www.eretz.com /NEW/guidehaifa.shtml (3172 words)

	Israel Museums Travel Guide; Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Galilee, Dead Sea - Israel Tourism Guide
		The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most impressive archeological museums in Israel, ituated in a magnificent white limestone edifice in East Jerusalem, houses the extraordinary collection of antiquities unearthed in excavations conducted in the country mainly during the time of the British Mandate (1919-1948).
		The Eretz Israel Museum, located in north Tel Aviv, is a multidisciplinary museum which exhibits opulent collections in the fields of Archaeology, Judaica, Ethnography, Material Culture and the Applied Arts of the Land of Israel.
		The Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv ("Haaretz Museum"), is a multidisciplinary museum which exhibits opulent collections in the fields of Archaeology, Judaica, Ethnography, Material Culture and the Applied Arts of the Land of Israel.
	www.israel-travel.net /museum.htm (1600 words)

	Israel: Haifa
		Haifa, the third largest city in Israel, lies on the western slope of Mount Carmel, descending to the Mediterranean shore.
		Haifa has a shrine and a few institutions important for Baha'i faith and is a centre of Baha'i religion.
		One of well-known churches of Haifa is Stella Maris.
	www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il /~bazlov/israel/haifa.html (258 words)

	Haifa, Israel
		Although it was destroyed in the seventh century, Haifa was famed in the 11th century for its shipbuilding and its Talmudic college.
		The monasteries of the Carmelite order, which was founded in Haifa in 1150 by a monk named Berthold, were destroyed after the fall of Acre in 1291, when the monks returned to Europe.
		The importance of Haifa increased with the coming of steamships, for which the nearby harbor of Akko was too small.
	www.planetware.com /israel/haifa-isr-ha-h.htm (806 words)

	Haifa travel guide - Wikitravel
		Haifa [1] (Hebrew חֵיפָה Ḥefa; Arabic حَيْفَا Ḥayfā) is the third largest city in Israel and the major city in the north of the country with a population close to 300,000.
		Haifa is first mentioned historically around the 3rd century CE as a small town near Shikmona, the main Jewish town in the area at that time and a center for making the traditional Tekhelet dye used for Jewish Priests' temple cloth.
		Haifa has its own airport, Haifa Airport which serves flights to Tel Aviv and Eilat, although the closest international airport is Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, where flights arrive from all over the world.
	wikitravel.org /en/Haifa (2081 words)

	Graceful vistas of Haifa
		Straddling a sheltered Mediterranean cove, Haifa is Israel's northern hub, major passenger terminal and container port, important sea-trading centre with huge silos and granaries, a focus of international trade and commerce and northern Israel's administrative and industrial centre.
		And the Haifa Municipal Theatre, the first in the country to be publicly sponsored, is part of a popular, adventurous company best known for its performances of original Israeli works based on controversial themes.
		While in Haifa, don't miss out on an excursion to Acre, an ancient city that first rose to prominence during the Hellenistic Period and flourished during the time of the Crusaders.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2001/02/12/stories/101272a3.htm (986 words)

	Book Excerpt: Frommer's Guide to Israel, "Haifa"
		Haifa Bay, east of the port, became the backbone of the country's heavy industries, with oil refineries and associated industries, foundries, glass factories, fertilizer and chemical industries, cement works, textile manufacturing, and yards for shipbuilding and repair.
		Haifa is the international headquarters for the Baha'i faith, which began in Persia in the mid-19th century in a bloodbath of persecution.
		Haifa's great beaches are to the south of the city, reachable by municipal bus or, in summer, by special shuttle from the big Central Carmel hotels, as well as sheruts.
	bahai-library.com /excerpts/frommers.haifa.html (12006 words)

	Links to University Archaeology Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Museum is also a repository for 20,000 archaeological objects excavated by Arctic researchers from the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in Alaska.
		University of Chicago, the Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East.
		University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia.
	sunsite.wits.ac.za /mus/arch.htm (990 words)

	Haifa - World Travel Guide
		Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, with a population close to 300,000.
		Haifa is well connected to Tel Aviv, Acre and Beer Sheva by a train line.
		The museum was founded in the year 1959, at the joint initiative of Felix Tikotin, a known collector of Japanese art.
	www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Haifa (862 words)

	HADASSAH MAGAZINE
		Haifa is also a verdant mountain, an aquamarine bay, and brilliant light that pierces the soul, inspiring artists and collectors alike.
		It was the legendary dynamo Abba Khoushi, Haifa's mayor from 1951 until his death in 1969, who attracted artists to the city and boosted the growth of its art museums.
		Haifa is unique in the Middle East in having a museum devoted exclusively to exhibiting and conserving Japanese art.
	www.hadassah.org /news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2003/03_FEB/art.htm (2007 words)

	Jobs at Intel - Israel, Haifa
		Intel Haifa has an employee cafeteria, laundry and dry cleaning services, a day care facility, and a film developing facility on-site.
		Haifa, Israel's third largest city and northern capital, is a major Mediterranean port and the industrial and commercial center of northern Israel.
		Haifa is also home to many modern, world-renowned educational institutions such as Haifa University and the Technion Institute of Technology.
	www.intel.com /jobs/israel/sites/haifa.htm (480 words)

	Haifa Museums
		At a meeting of the Haifa City Council on May 18th 1959, it was decided to acquire the Kisch House and to use the land which formed part of the property as the site of the Japanese Museum.
		The Museum has three guiding principles: to allow the Israeli public to become acquainted with Japanese culture and art; to encourage mutual understanding between Japan and Israel, and between the Far East and the Middle East; and to further research in these disciplines.
		The old wing of the Museum is only on the ground floor, and the new addition creates a harmonious architectural unit, which is expressive of the Japanese spirit, while also being adapted to its location.
	www.hms.org.il /en/home.asp?M=3 (1141 words)

	FOCUS on ISRAEL (Haifa)
		The museum s devoted to the Clandestine Immigration and to the history of the Israeli navy.
		The National Maritime Museum, occupying a modern four-story building located near the entrance to Haifa outh, this museum, founded by Arie Ben Eli, chronicles over 5,000 years of maritime history, with emphasis on the Eastern Mediterranean, cradle of shipping in the Western World.
		The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art devoted to the art of Japan, it adheres to the Japanese tradition displaying beautiful objects in harmony with the season; exhibits therefore change frequently.
	www.focusmm.com /israel/is_ha_08.htm (796 words)

	Queen bee of the Haifa Museum \| Jerusalem Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Without the responsibility of a full-time museum post, Katz-Freiman was able to fly to dozens of major art fairs and biennials over the years, enabling her to see some of the greatest contemporary art and meet some of the most influential players in the art world.
		The youthful 50-year-old was chosen as the museum's new chief curator to "resurrect it from the dust," according to Katz-Freiman.
		The Haifa Museum was founded in 1951 as one of the three museums that the State of Israel would officially commit to support.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395374054&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull (778 words)

	Israelis know how to handle shocking works of art (November 05, 1999)
		Until two weekends ago, both the Haifa Museum and the city were staunchly behind the exhibit.
		Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna had publicly expressed his support several times, and even announced that he would personally attend the opening.
		What undoubtedly complicated their decision is the fact that the question of what it is appropriate to do with public funds is all too frequently confused with the issue of censorship.
	www.jewishsf.com /bk991105/comm1.shtml (816 words)

	Israel Museums Travel Guide - Israel Museums in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Galilee, Dead Sea - Israel Tourism Guide
		The Art Wing of the Museum on display are important trends in art, beginning from the 19 th century.
		The museum named after the poet Yitzhak Katzenelson, was founded by a community of Holocaust survivors, former members of the Jewish underground in the ghetto and former partisans.
		As the first Holocaust museum in the world, the GFH is dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust and to Holocaust education in Israel and worldwide.
	www.ddtravel-acc.com /museum.htm (2036 words)

	Haifa City Travel and Tourism Guide - Places Of Interest, Museums, Maps, Weather, Hotels, Walking Tours and Car Rental ...
		Haifa, the seaport of Israel and the capital of the north, located in the northern part of Israel, eastern boarded by the Mediterranean Sea.
		The middle level is an older residential zone and the upper level consists of modern neighborhoods, overlooking the sandy beaches of Haifa's cosmopolitan bay.
		Haifa is the world center for the Bahai faith.
	www.israel-travel.net /haifa.htm (688 words)

	Haifa Museums
		It was erected on land belonging to the Ministry of Defense, and the building was made possible by the generosity of the Jack and Michael Morrison Foundation and the Haifa Municipality, with donations from Friends of the Museum in Israel and abroad.
		The Museum is visited by groups of schoolchildren accompanied by instructors from the Centre for Museum Education, tourists, students and research workers, who also utilize the services of the library.
		Receptions, cultural events, and temporary exhibitions from the Museum's collection are held in the auditorium, as well as exhibitions of art works on maritime subjects by Israeliand other artists.
	hms.org.il /en/home.asp?M=1 (210 words)

	Haifa - Boston Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The employment project is part of the Boston-Haifa Connection's Ethiopian Jewry Initiative, which fosters collaboration between Ethiopian Israeli leaders and community members, the Municipality of Haifa, the Government of Israel and Jewish leaders in Boston.
		During program hours, the museum's exhibit halls and high-tech kiosks are filled with Ethiopian Israeli youth delighted to have free reign over the prestigious institution.
		Museum staff members lead workshops tailored to help students improve language skills and discover the possibilities of a career in science or technology.
	www.haifa-boston.org /news-0501-project.asp (729 words)

	Haifa South Map
		Paris Square - At the south end of Jaffa Street in Haifa is Paris Square (Kikar Paris), with the lower station of the Carmelite...
		Museum - A few hundred yards northeast of the Persian Gardens, at 26 Shabtai Levi Street, is the Haifa Museum, which since 1977...
		Chagall House - Diagonally opposite the Haifa Museum is Chagall House, which puts on periodic exhibitions of work by contemporary...
	www.planetware.com /map/haifa-south-map-isr-hai_s.htm (217 words)

	Bahai News - Times of the Templars
		That earlier Haifa is now on show in a photographic exhibition at the newly opened City Museum in the heart of the German Colony.
		The realization of this vision is the opening of the City Museum with its fascinating exhibition of pictures, titled Between the Mountain and the Sea, housed in the renovated Templars Community House in the heart of the colony.
		There have long been complaints that the museum has no central museum campus as in other large cities, but in recent years there has been some appreciation for the fact that each museum is housed in its own suitable building.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/News/042701.html (1126 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world
		University Museum of Mineralogy, Petrography and Minerals University of Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia.
		The age of enlightenment in the paintings of France's national museums on-line exhibition.
		Museums of Lithuania (in English, French and German).
	icom.museum /vlmp/world.html (1076 words)

	Haifa travel and tourism city guide and hotels in haifa - inisrael.com
		Haifa is a party for the kids, for the family, for you.
		Haifa's mountainous location makes it quite unfriendly for pedestrian, therefore shopping avenues are rare.
		On the Other hand, Haifa has a well known reputation in Israel for its wide variety of malls and shopping centers such as the kiryon, kastra center, Kanyon Haifa and 'lev hamifratz'.
	www.inisrael.com /tour/haifa/index.html (780 words)

	Athena Review: Galleries and Museums
		France's National Museum of the Middle Ages, housed partly in a 3-4th century AD Roman bathhouse on the Left Bank in Paris.
		Examples on the museum's webpage includes the decree of the Athenian popular assembly (Demos) before the Persian invasion in 480 BC; and a sacred law on temple-worship on the Acropolis from 485 BC.
		Opened in 1971, the museum houses important collections from northern Greece including the recently found tombs at Derveni (late 4th century BC), and other exhibits related to Alexander the Great.
	www.athenapub.com /galleria.htm (1427 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		England’s Ajex Museum, operated by the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women, moved two years ago and reopened recently in Hendon, just in time to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
		Clandestine Immigration Museum: The David Ha-Cohen Clandestine Immigration and Navy Museum in Haifa highlights the history of Israel’s period of secret immigration from 1934 to 1948, when the British imposed strict quotas on Jewish immigration.
		The vessel was towed to Haifa Bay and the 434 Holocaust survivors on board were interned in Cyprus.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7100 (567 words)

	Links: Design from Israel
		De Lange's work can be found in the permanent collections of the Tel-Aviv Museum; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem; and the Haifa Museum of Art, as well as in private collections both in Israel and abroad.
		Safi Hefetz was born in Israel in 1962.
		Yaacov Kaufman was born in the U.S.S.R in 1945 and immigrated to Israel from Poland in 1957.
	ndm.si.edu /EXHIBITIONS/solos/israel/bios.html (1894 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Haifa Museum of Art, the National Science Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Railway Museum, the Tikotin Japanese Art Museum, the Natural History Museum and Zoo and the Prehistoric Museum are open all year round.
		Theaters, museums, cinemas, restaurants, side walk cafes, discos, elegant hotels, boutiques and air-conditioned shopping malls, pearly beaches, water sports bay cruises, a Central Park and Zoo - we have it all.
		At the day's end, Haifa welcomes you home to a romantic view of the port when the sparkling lights of the bay and the city join the glittering stars to turn Haifa into a dazzling jewel.
	www.zakai.com /debate/eudc/abouthaifa.html (660 words)

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