Hebrew Reali School

The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (Hebrew: בית הספר הריאלי העברי בחיפה), (known as the Reali School, or Beit Hasefer Hareali) located in Haifa, Israel, is one of the country's oldest private schools. [http://www.hareali-haivri.haifa.k12.il/newsite/template5.asp?typeid=1 The Hebrew Reali School, Haifa ] ]

The Reali school was established by Arthur Biram in 1913, before the outbreak of World War I. At the time, the Yishuv, or pre-state Jewish community in Palestine, was engaged in a debate over the language of tuition in the country's Jewish schools. When it was decided that the sciences would be taught in German, Biram responded by founding the Hebrew Reali School.

The first branch of the school was opened in the Hadar neighborhood of Haifa. In 1923, the school moved into a building on the old campus of the Technion which had formerly been a British military hospital.

Branches

Today the school has seven branches: "Yesod Hadar" (elementary school); "Tichon Hadar" (middle school); "Yesod Ahuza" (elementary school); "Tichon Ahuza" (middle school); "Tichon Merkaz" (elementary and middle school); "Tichon Bet Biram" (high school). In 1953, a military boarding school was established in proximity to Tichon Bet Biram.

Notable alumni

*Ezer Weizman
*Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
*Yochanan Vollach
*Ehud Manor,
*Amram Mitzna
*Haim Laskov
* Dahlia Gredinger

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