On the first day of our mission, after visiting the Machal Monument, we
headed to the Weitzman Institute located in Rehovot. I photographed the
entrance to Rehovot through the glass window on the bus.

About Rehovot (from www.rehovotisrael.com/):

Rehovot, one of the earlier communities founded in the modern State of
Israel, is located in the center of the country, conveniently located
about 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. The city has a population of
114,000 people and is known as the City of Science and Culture. It
is also known as Israel's citrus capital and the city emblem displays
a microscope, book and orange.

Rehovot was founded in 1890 by a group of immigrants from Poland, looking
for land in Palestine without being under the control of Baron Rothschild.
Sixteen years later, they were joined by immigrants from Yemen. Together,
they built the city that is known for its agriculture and high-tech.

Between 1914 and 1991 the population rose from 955 to 81,000, and the area
of the town more than doubled. In 1932 an agricultural research station was
transferred here from Tel Aviv; 30 years later it became the Department of
Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1934 Chaim Weizmann
built the Sieff Institute in Rehovot, which later became the Weizmann Institute
of Science. He and his wife are buried on the Institute's manicured grounds.

Photo by Michael Weinberg Photography of Scranton and Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.

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