Yad Eliyahu Explained

Yad Eliyahu (Hebrew: יד אליהו) is a neighborhood in east Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yad Eliyahu was established in 1929. It developed in accordance with plans drawn up by Jacob Ben Sira, the Tel Aviv municipal engineer.^[1] The neighborhood, named for Haganah leader Eliyahu Golomb, became the site of housing projects for ex-servicemen after World War II.^[2]

Menora Mivtachim Arena, home to the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team is located in Yad Eliyahu.

Notable residents

• Dani Dayan
• Ilana Dayan
• Shulamit Lapid
• Tommy Lapid
• Yair Lapid
• Yaakov Amidror
• Moshe Maya^[3]
• Anita Shapira

Notes and References

1. http://www.haaretz.com/business/rising-in-the-east-tel-aviv-s-yad-eliyahu-neighborhood-is-ready-to-take-off.premium-1.463793 Rising in the east: Tel Aviv's Yad Eliyahu neighborhood is ready to take off
2. http://www.ariehsharon.org/Archive/Physical-Planning-in-Israel/Layout-and-Architecture/17156839_Qq5djj/1316073690_qdWgfQ7#!i=1316073690&k=qdWgfQ7Physical Planning in Israel - 1948-1953, Layout and Architecture
3. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_print_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=154 All Past and Present MKs - Moshe Maya