Holon is a City in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word holon, meaning “(little) sand”. The name Holon also appears in the Bible: “And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs”.
The city has many parks and lush greenery. The park on the corner of HaHistadrut and Eilat streets is famed for the backgammon or “shesh besh” tournaments which take place daily. The Holon cemetery contains memorials for Jewish communities wiped out in the Holocaust.Holon is one of only two cities in the World to have a Samaritan community, the other being the village of Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim above Nablus on the West Bank.
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