Kiryat Motzkin is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, 8 kilometres north of the city of Haifa. In 2022 it had a population of 48,001. The city is named after Leo Motzkin (1867-1933), one of the organizers of the First Zionist Congress in 1897. The mayor of the city is Tziki Tzvi Avisar.
Kiryat Motzkin Municipality building
Immigrant camp between Kiryat Motzkin & Kiryat Haim 1946
Mozart Junction in Kiryat Motzkin
Pianist Square in Kiryat Motzkin
Leo Motzkin was a Ukrainian Zionist leader. A leader of the World Zionist Congress and numerous Jewish and Zionist organizations, Motzkin was a key organizer of the Jewish delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and one of the first Jewish leaders to organize opposition to the Nazi Party in Germany.
Participant card for Leo Motzkin from the First Zionist Congress, Basel 1897