Kabavir is a neighborhood in the west of Haifa, the entrance to which is near the center of Carmel. The beginnings of Kabavir in the village that is located in the same place and where many of the Ahmadiyya community live, which is actually a stream of Islam that has set itself the goal of striving for enlightenment, peace and brotherhood with the other and was founded in the 19th century.
The Kabbabir neighborhood is a good reason to talk about coexistence in Haifa. What is more indicative of coexistence than the fact that I have lived in Haifa for the past 47 years and have never been to the Kabavir neighborhood...
It raises a real question about what coexistence looks like in our city. In my eyes, Haifa perfectly represents life together, as there is mutual respect for our differences, along with a practical understanding that everyone benefits from living together.
I think a lot of people don't understand that each person chooses their own identity, and that's perfectly fine. Not that the Arabs of Haifa need approval from anyone, I mean the angry reactions that the Arabs of Israel, and those who live in Haifa in particular, often receive, when they dare to say that they feel both Israeli and Palestinian.
I will admit that I have no problem with demonstrations taking place in the German colony and Palestinian flags flooding Ben Gurion Boulevard. In my opinion, the meaning of coexistence is not that someone imposes his views and beliefs on everyone, but that both Arabs and Jews can choose their own agenda, while in the public space there is a respectful discourse without violence or incitement. As long as these rules are observed, in my eyes this is the real victory and coexistence in practice.
Of course, on both political extremes there are people who want to set Haifa on fire, and several times in recent years this has indeed happened. I feel that the great majority of the residents of Haifa understand that both sides lose from these confrontations, and therefore they are relatively rare, after which, in a relatively short time, they return to the status quo.
frankincense
In the Kabbir neighborhood, many of the street names refer to the sense of smell... Frankincense, for example, is a tree of the Bashmi family, as well as the name of the fragrant resin produced from it.
Mor
Mor Street is at the bottom of the Kabvir neighborhood. It is a dead-end street, with a view that nothing hides - directly to the sea. Myrrh is a tree from which the myrrh perfume is produced. The word myrrh also means perfume, one of the symbols of incense.
Haifa from a different angle
One of the things I like about photographing names of streets in the different neighborhoods in the city is that from each neighborhood Haifa is revealed from a different angle. I am, of course, used to seeing Haifa from Freud, and for me it is an amazing thing to see Haifa from Kabbir's neighborhood. It is impossible to ignore the fact that there is nothing separating the houses of the neighborhood from the sea, and they have an amazing view of the city and the seashore.
Al Mahdi
Al Mahdi Street - 'The Messiah' or 'The Redeemer', whose name refers to the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Al Qadiani (1808-1935).
Construction reminiscent of a village
The construction in Kabavir is not similar to the construction we are used to seeing in other parts of the city. On many of the houses you can see the building stones from which they were built and there is a feeling of a village that was established many years ago. If you look at the vehicles next to the houses, the feeling of the village disappears, and the area immediately looks like any other neighborhood in Haifa.
refreshed
As Raanan's wife, I was always amused by the thought of living on Raanan Street (another option is of course to live in Raanana). I had no objection to it, but on Ra'anan Street there is a mosque that invites people to come to prayer in the mornings, and my husband liked it less.
the mosque
The mosque in the Kabvir neighborhood caused a lot of noise, (literally) over the years. Every few months proposals for order came to the city council regarding the noise complained about by residents who live next to the mosque, who claimed that the noise from the mosque was unreasonable. There was an attempt over the years to lower the noise and also to determine what hours to allow it. In the end, whoever buys a house near a mosque, should understand the consequences of this in advance, and check if it suits him.
Israel Amikam
What is very beautiful in the Kabbir neighborhood, which is integrated with the Kabir neighborhood, and sometimes a street leads to a street and it is impossible to separate the neighborhoods. If that's not a perfect representation of coexistence then I don't know what is.
Attorney Israel Amikam (1902-1957) was the chairman of the Language Defenders Battalion in Haifa and was responsible for the introduction of the Israeli language into the Haaretz Israeli Telegram during the British Mandate. With the establishment of the state he was appointed the director of the main warehouses of the post office. He retired from the post office at the end of July 1951. In 1954 he received Temporary position as a legal advisor in the purchase tax department in the customs department. He committed suicide in protest that the Civil Service Commission refused to give him the rights of a permanent employee entitled to compensation and pension to the extent he requested.
Ahmadiyya School
The Ahmadiyya school has been serving the students of the neighborhood for decades. Until 3 years ago, it also served as a home for the bilingual track, which felt it was the natural place for it because of the Arabic language. In the end, the place was too small for all the students and the bilingual track moved to the school at Shaar Aliyah.
King Store
In the neighborhood there is a local supermarket, King Store, which offers the residents of the neighborhood the possibility to buy food close to home.
Peace Center
In a central place in the neighborhood and near the school is the lottery center. It looks magnificent from the outside and I assume that inside it is similar to the other lottery centers, which are built in a similar way all over the country. Next to the lottery center there are parking spaces for the benefit of visitors.
The grocery bar
At the entrance to the neighborhood, before you start going down the road to the inner houses, you will find the grocery bar, which allows you to drink beer or coffee without leaving the house and in some cases even without starting the car. Of course, the neighborhood is also not far from the center of Carmel and there is also the possibility to drink, dance and hang out.
How much does it cost?
According to the Madeleine website, a 4-room apartment on Lavona Street (100 square meters) was sold for NIS 1,610,000. A 3-room apartment (54 square meters) on Kabir Street was sold for NIS 900,000. All in all, this is a very good neighborhood to live in, located close to the center of Carmel, offers all the services that a family needs, within the neighborhood, good air without pollution and a breathtaking view.
2 comments for the container:
1) According to Wiki, the founder of the Ahmadiyya religion, Al Mahdi - Mirza Aholam Ahmad Al-Qadiani, who was born in the state of Punjab in India, lived between February 13, 1835 - May 26, 1908 (died at the age of 73 and not at the age of 127 as it appeared from what you wrote 🙂 ) …
2) It would be nice if in future articles about the names of Haifa streets you would also review the date the street was named, and if it had a name before, what it was.
Thanks!
There is a committee in the Haifa municipality under the authority of the mayor that determines the names of the streets in Haifa. good week
The main thing is that the golem lived 127 years...
No mention was made of the sign at the entrance to the neighborhood prohibiting entry to the planning and construction laws.
Go believe the rest of what is said in the article.
Some nonsense in one article.
Natan, apparently you have never entered a synagogue, the difference is that six of them leave the mosque with loudspeakers, a synagogue prays without loudspeakers. The noise is a big difference without a speaker, a big difference. In the settlements in the Galilee there is a situation where their stalls are closed and the speakers reach into their house. When did a prayer come from a synagogue to your home? I'm tired of Jews defending the cities, why don't they come out on the behavior of the Jews. Go learn, go see where there are mosques, hear as far as the voices reach, the prayer of the worshiper. Like Hassan you understood out loud.
The solution for the neighbors is simple.
Record the readings and play them, at the same volume, every few minutes. They are allowed too.
Great article. Clear, exhaustive and interesting
Well done Michal Yaron. You updated me. It's a shame you didn't write about the Ahmadi sect that was founded in Pakistan.
As far as most Molassems are concerned, they are a kind of Zoroastrian idolaters
And the little thing that bothered me, why doesn't your husband like that a mosque calls its believers to come to pray and a synagogue, is that okay? Or a church whose bells are ringing loudly?
Nathan Ronan
It's interesting, the first time I wrote a comment and they didn't give my comment a platform. What freedom of expression in expression there is here. Haifa, for years Anat Kalish, did not maintain the city's beauty and even more cultivated the holidays of the Christians especially as if it were more the holiday celebrated in the city. I didn't see the city celebrating Hanukkah. Even on Independence Day there were no holiday decorations and full of lighting and especially flags so as not to disturb the evenings. My city also deteriorated oh my.
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An article of reconciliation and perhaps a desire to please, but is it for denial and closing one's eyes:
Is the Ahmadiyya sect really tolerant? Is there a hidden purpose behind the "enlightenment, peace and fellowship with the other..."?
And speaking of bickering - isn't Ayman Odeh, one of the leaders of recent extremism, a descendant of the Ahmadiyya Kabbir neighborhood?
Can he also be called one of the extremists on both sides?
An interesting and automatic article that reflects what exists in the neighborhood. I expected you to expand more on the common life in the neighborhood and the potential for its development in the future... To a friend who pointed out that the names of the streets for Jews should be erased and changed, this is a racist and one-sided approach, in any case, history cannot be erased
Indeed a beautiful coexistence exists here. The street names are interesting. However, your spillover in writing to legitimize the waving of Palestinian flags is very problematic and somewhat manipulative. The legalization of this is problematic in itself because it undermines Israel's sovereignty and this (sovereignty) must be preserved. And it is manipulative because it starts with A and continues almost stealthily to something else - a bone of contention. Want to write an opinion piece about A. Write about A. Expand on it. Don't swallow your political thoughts. Certainly if they are so loaded..
Excellent and interesting article
I learned quite a bit about street names from her
We used to live in a neighborhood right next to the mosque by the way and I really liked the life there and the residents
In a Jewish state, you don't need the names of Arabs, on the contrary, you need to replace all the names of Arabs that existed before the establishment of the state and replace them with the names of soldiers who fell in Israel's wars so that the Jewish state will continue to exist and it exists because of them, and it is forbidden to fly any flag in the Jewish state except the flag of Israel, the Arabs do not have to To wave the flag of Israel but in no way the flag of Palestine, fines should be given for waving Palestinian flags