Tel Mond () is a

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in the

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region of Israel, located east of Netanya and north of Kfar Saba. In it had a population of ..

History

Tel Mond was founded on 16 June 1929 by Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett. Lord Melchett was a British industrialist, a former cabinet minister and president of the British Zionist Foundation. The Palestine Plantations Company, headed by Mond, purchased land in the region and planted

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orchards to provide employment for Jewish laborers. In 1933, a group of farmers purchased land from the company and established moshav Tel Mond. In 1936, another group established moshav Kfar Ziv, named after Baron Sieff who followed Lord Melchett and settled in Tel Mond with his wife. In 1943, new Olim from

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established Shechunat Ya'akov (Ya'akov neighborhood). The surrounding moshavim, Kfar Hess, Herut and Ein Vered, were also founded by the pioneers of Tel Mond. Between 11 December 1949 and 10 June 1954, Tel Mond was a regional council, encompassing the villages of Herut, Kfar Hess, Ein Vered, Kfar Yavetz, Kfar Ziv, Shechunat Ya'akov,

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, Mishmeret, as well as Tel Mond proper. In the 1950s, Neve Oved and Hadar Hayim were built to accommodate the large wave of immigration (mainly from Yemen) after the founding of the state. In 1954, these communities were merged to form the Local Council of Tel Mond. Over the 2010s, the community has grown from a small town to a self-sufficient mini-city that provides services for other regional communities. It is growing rapidly, and is expected to have a population exceeding 25,000 in 2030. In June 2013, Kehillat Mevaser Zion, a Modern Orthodox Community in Tel Mond, held an inauguration ceremony for the newly built Synagogue, attended by Naftali Bennett, the Minister for the Economy. File:תל מונד - מראה כללי (פנורמה).-JNF044484.jpeg, Tel Mond 1935 File:Et Tire 1942.jpg, Tel Mond 1942 1:20,000 File:Qalqilya 1945.jpg, Tel Mond 1945 1:250,000 File:תל מונד - עלית ארגון "איתנים" על הקרקע בגוש תל-מונד-JNF003074.jpeg, Members of Eitanim building defences Tel Mond, 1947 File:תל מונד - עלית ארגון "איתנים" על הקרקע בגוש תל-מונד-JNF003076.jpeg, Eitanim workers Tel Mond 1947

Landmarks

The home of Lord Melchett has been turned into a museum, named ''House of the Lord''. The museum documents the history of Tel Mond. The museum has a statue of Lord Melchett, designed by Batya Lishansky, located outside the house.

Notable residents

* Bart Berman, pianist and composer * Avraham Hirschson, former Finance Minister * Imanuel Rosen, journalist and television personality *

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, playwright and theater director * Maya Tahan (born 1999), tennis player * Udi Segal, news anchor

Twin towns

* Sarasota, Florida (1994)

References

{{Authority control Local councils in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1929 1929 establishments in Mandatory Palestine