Zikhron Ya'akov
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Zikhron Ya'akov often shortened to just Zikhron, is a town in northern Israel, 35 kilometres south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel
View of Zikhron Ya'akov
Building wine barrels, 1890s
Teachers at the First Eretz Yisraeli Congress, 1903
Zikhron Ya'akov in 1937
Sarah Aaronsohn
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Sarah Aaronsohn was a member of Nili, a ring of Jewish spies working for the British in World War I, and a sister of agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn. She is often referred to as the "heroine of Nili".
Zikhron Ya'akov
…Edmond de Rothschild were reinterred in Zikhron Ya'akov. Zikhron Ya'akov came to fame during World War I for the establishment of the Nili spy ring by Sarah Aaronsohn, together with her brothers, Aaron (a noted botanist) and Alex, and their friend Avshalom Feinberg. The group volunteered to spy on Ottoman positions…
Sarah Aaronsohn, portrait 2
Aaronsohn with Abraham in 1914
Feinberg and Aaronsohn in 1916
Sarah Aaronsohn's (right) and her mother's graves at the Zikhron cemetery in Israel