Nesher

Nesher ( ) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . It was founded in 1923¹ as a workers town for the Nesher Cement factory, the first cement factory in the country.

Nesher ( ) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . It was founded in 1923 as a workers town for the Nesher Cement factory, the first cement factory in the country. ==History== Nesher was founded in 1923 as a workers town for the Nesher Cement factory, established in September 1923 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. During the 1929 Palestine riots, Arabs from neighbouring Balad al-Sheikh attacked the factory and burned down a farm. By the mid-1930s, Nesher Cement had 700 employees¹, both Jewish and Arab. In 1948, thousands of Jewish immigrants from Europe, Iraq and North Africa settled in Nesher. The town also expanded over the Palestinian village of Balad al-Sheikh, immediately north-west of Old Nesher, after it was depopulated during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine. A portion of the Tel Hanan neighborhood of the city was built over the village. In 1952, a local council was formed comprising four neighborhoods – Nesher, Giv'at Nesher, Ben-Dor and Tel Hanan. The first mayor was Yehuda Shimroni. On 24 March 2026 during the Iran War, an apartment building in Nesher was struck by cluster munitions from an Iranian ballistic missile. Nearby vehicles were also damaged, injuring a person. ==Twinning and cultural exchange== In 2005, the Broward County Jewish Federation established a partnership with Nesher in an effort to create a people-to-people cultural exchange program that includes high school and college student exchanges and video conferencing for events such as school celebrations and concerts. ==Emblem== The municipal emblem was designed by David Hollod and approved at a local committee meeting on the 24th of October 1962. It includes multiple references: The vulture represents the name of the city and the cement factory from its inception. The 4 hills represent the mountainous terrain and the four original neighborhoods that constituted the settlement–Ben Dor, Tel Hanan, Nesher, and Givat Nesher. The factory and chimney represent the industrial foundation the city was established upon. The tree represents the growth and prosperity of the city over the years. ==Gallery== ==References==

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