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| Neve Monosson |
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| Hebrew |
נוה מונוסון |
| Founded in |
1953 |
| Government |
Borough (from 2003) |
| District |
Center |
| Population |
2,600 (2003) |
| Jurisdiction |
650 dunams (0.65 km²) |
| Head of municipality |
Eitan Pollak |
Neve Monosson (32°01′N, 34°52′E; Hebrew: נוה מונוסון), also known as Monosson, Neve Efraim and Neve Efraim Monosson, is a community in central Israel with the status of a municipal borough. It has a population of approx. 3,000.
Neve Monosson was founded in 1953 by a group of families supported by Efraim (Fred) Monosson, a wealthy raincoat manufacturer and a leading Zionist from Boston, Massachusetts. It was originally intended for families of employees of Israel's main international airport. In later years it became popular with the families of airline pilots and is today an independent-minded middle class community 20 minutes drive from central Tel Aviv, to where most of its workers commute.
The community, which has its own elementary school, country club, scouts troop, sports hall, culture hall, library and support system for the elderly, is characterized by its uncommon level of volunteering activity. Its communal activities are run by non-profit organizations owned by members of the community.
The southern entrance to Neve Monosson
The community was a cooperative society within the local regional council from 1953 and became an independent Local Council in 1964. In 2003 it elected and established the Neve Monosson Local Administration (minhelet), in order to preserve the community's unique social and cultural autonomy within a municipal merger with the neighboring town of Yehud (pop. 22,600) that created the joint Yehud Monosson Municipality.
The Local Administration, which in 2005 received municipal status as an autonomous borough (vaad rova ironi) from the Interior Minister, is responsible for all aspects of community life in Neve Monosson and receives basic municipal services from the joint municipality.
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