Abba Hushi
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Abba Hushi was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Haifa for eighteen years between 1951 and 1969. Hushi was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland. In July
Abba Hushi 1956
Abba Hushi at age 18
Abba and two of his sisters
Hushi on Hachshara soon after his Aliyah
Carmelit
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The Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is the oldest funicular railway and underground transit system in the Middle East
Abba Hushi
…of Haifa. As mayor, he helped to found the University of Haifa, the Haifa Theatre, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, the Mane-Katz Museum and the Carmelit (Haifa's funicular railway). Abba Hushi was the father-in-law of Knesset member Amnon Linn…
The new Carmelit - Train No 1.
Carmelit opening day in 1959
The Carmelit train before the fire in 2017
A mural in the Downtown entrance