Holon

Holon (Hebrew: חוֹלוֹן  (audio) ; Arabic: حولون‎) is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In 2011, it had a population of 182,575. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.

Etymology

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" (Book of Joshua, 21:15).

History

Holon was founded on sand dunes six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Tel Aviv in 1935. The Łódzia textile factory was established there by Jewish immigrants from Łódź, Poland, along with many other industrial enterprises. In the early months of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Holon was on the front line, with constant shooting taking place on the border with the village of Tel A-Rish to its northwest—a suburb of Arab Jaffa—and clashes also in the direction of the town of Yazur to the east. An attack by the Holon-based Haganah militia units on Tel A-Rish was repulsed with considerable losses. After the establishment of the state, Holon expanded to include Tel A-Rish (renamed "Tel Giborim", "The Mound of the Heroes") and the orange groves of Yazur.

Holon (Equinox album)

Holon is the only album by electro-industrial and drum and bass band Equinox, released in 1998 by Hypnotic. Equinox was a side project of Canadian industrial musicians Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson of Canadian industrial band Front Line Assembly.

The album spawned the vinyl-only single Contact, including a remix of the title track and album track "Phenomena". Tracks from Holon also found their way onto the compilations Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2 both of which are collections of tracks from Front Line Assembly and related projects.

Track listing

References

Holon (disambiguation)

Holon is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel.

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