Ein HaYam (Wadi al-Jimal)
Ein HaYam
עין הים Wadi al-Jimal | |
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Ein HaYam (Hebrew: עין הים, lit. 'Eye of the Sea'), formerly Wadi al-Jimal, is a small neighborhood in Haifa, Israel between Kiryat Sprinzak and Kiryat Eliezer, mostly separated from the sea by railroad tracks.
The neighborhood was founded in 1937 by Arab families and was known in Arabic as Wadi al-Jimal. The neighborhood was called "Ein HaYam -- Wadi al-Jimal" until 2006, when the official name and entrance sign were changed to "Ein HaYam (Previously Wadi al-Jimal)." In August 2021, the Haifa Naming Commission recommended restoration of the old name and signage[1] and received pushback from some officials.[2] By 2022, the municipality of Haifa was referring to the neighborhood as "Ein HaYam - Wadi al-Jimal" in official publications and the pre-2006 entrance sign had been restored.[3] After the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, local Israeli activists complained that the entrance sign had been replaced without proper authorization by the municipal authorities.[4]
2,400 Jews and Arabs live in the neighborhood,[5] which has been cited a model of Jewish-Arab coexistence.[6] It is home to the Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute of Israel (IOLR), Tel Shikmona[7][8] and the Ein HaYam trail tour.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ ברויר, שקד (2021-08-04). "שכונת עין הים או שכונת ואדי ג'מאל? ועדת השמות של עיריית חיפה בהמלצה מעוררת מחלוקת". חי פה - חדשות חיפה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ "סערה בעקבות המלצת ועדת השמות להוסיף לשכונת עין הים את שמה הערבי". כלבו – חיפה והקריות (in Hebrew). 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ קירשטיין, רולי (2022-10-30). ""השם ואדי אל-ג'מאל היה הרבה לפני קליש רותם, אוזן וגולן שטיינברג"". כלבו – חיפה והקריות (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "עין הים או ואדי ג'מאל: שלט בכניסה לשכונה מעורר סערה". mynethaifa (in Hebrew). 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Ein Hayam Trail". leobaeckhaifa.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ a b "Ein Ha'Yam Neighborhood — A Model of Coexistence". The Wexner Foundation. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ "The Price of Purple - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ "The Zinman Institute of Archaeology - Tel Shikmona". arch.haifa.ac.il. Retrieved 2022-01-03.