Tour of the Abu Kabir neighborhood in Tel Aviv – the hidden and the revealed

• A neighborhood established in the first half of the 19th century During the Mandate period, it became a center of terrorism against Jews. It was conquered in "Operation Hametz" and turned into a Jewish slum. The Abu Kabir neighborhood was built, among other places, on the ruins of a Jewish cemetery from the first centuries CE, which is linked to a fascinating detective story involving Jewish tombstones stolen from the site by Baron von Ustinov, the grandfather of actor Peter Ustinov. This and other fascinating and unique stories will be told during the tour.

• The Russian church was established in Abu Kabir, where Operating since 1948 KGB headquarters.

• A British hospital established at the end of the Mandate period It eventually became the beginning of Tel Aviv University and is now the School of Nature.

• The zoological and historical gardens were established in Abu Kabir. of Tel Aviv University by Prof. Heinrich Mendelssohn and Joshua Margolin, as well as the University Botanical Garden.

• We will visit for the first time, with special permission, the Russian Orthodox Church named after Tabitha in the Abu Kabir neighborhood.
• Of course, we will hear about the neighborhood's unique history.
• We will visit the botanical garden.
• At nature school.
• In the secular session.
• And in the industrial park

We will also learn why the wife of Haim Amzaleg, the British vice-consul in Jaffa in the 19th century, was granted permission to purchase and operate a special cemetery next to the Russian church, the remains of which can still be seen today.