"So why does everyone call it "Pardes Hanna" rather than "Pardes Hanna-Karkur"? Irit Oren, director of the Veteran's House, explains: Both communities have strong sentiments for their past and neither wants to surrender its classic name.
Maybe it's due to the prestige of remaining a 'local council', or maybe due to the bureaucracy involved.Į way or another, Pardes Hanna (named for Hannah Rothschild, the niece of Baron de Hirsch) is marking 90 years since its founding and 50 years since its union with Karkur in 1959. This town with its seemingly endless tiny roads and its 43,000 residents somehow still refuses to become a city. Something in this human patchwork seems to be going quite well. Here we see a dynamic mix of old and new, longstanding and new young residents, artists and common people. On the other hand, Pardes Hanna has become a place for beatniks and artists who have discovered a place to create, to launch initiatives, and enjoy a rich community life.Īmid this modern-day influx, let's not forget the veterans of 'Moshava HaYekkim' (1929), who grew up under the patronage of Baron de Hirsch ("The Known Benefactor"), and of Karkur (1913), who preserved the character of Arab landholders from the Ottoman period. On the one hand, the town has filled up in recent years with city people from Tel Aviv, Ramat Hasharon and other cities in central Israel who came here for the dream of a country home, a garden and a family dog-despite the early morning traffic jams on Israel's coastal road. Maybe that's what makes Pardes Hanna in the northern Sharon region a place where each person can be whatever he or she wants. It's not exactly in the north of the country, nor in the center. Written and photo by Ziv Reinstein Published on Walla News
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