# Haifa <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">חֵיפָה</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Hefa (Hebrew), Hayfa (Arabic)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Haifa District, Israel</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>32°49′N 34°59′E</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Haifa is Israel's principal northern port city, set on the slopes of Mount Carmel above the Mediterranean. From the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods it developed into a major industrial and shipping center and a key point of Jewish immigration, including much of the "illegal" Aliyah Bet through its harbor. Known for its mixed Jewish and Arab population and relatively coexistent civic life, it is today Israel's third-largest city and home to the Technion and the Bahá'í World Centre. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Haifa; Jewish Virtual Library — Haifa.</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yitzchak Zvi Klein (b.1897)]] | Died 1957 | | [[Eliezer Tzvi Cygielman (b.1886)]] | Died 10/04/1966 | | [[Pesia Nirenberg (b.1921)]] | Died 09/09/1969 | | [[Esther Armel (b.1908)]] | Died 1970 | | [[Tamir Spitzer (b.1970)]] | Born 11/08/1970 | | [[Yael Shmolowsky (b.1977)]] | Born 06/26/1977 | | [[Chaim Leib Pearl (b.1930)]] | Died 1978 | | [[Mordechai Winer (b.1915)]] | Died 10/18/1988 | | [[Yosef Ze'evi (b.1925)]] | Died 05/23/1991 | | [[Aharon Harael (b.1928)]] | Died 1995 | | [[Yoske Bartal (b.1928)]] | Died 04/2003 | | [[Liba Ahuva Cygielman (b.1926)]] | Died 2007 | | [[Frimit Lampert (b.1903)]] | Died |