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Hebrew Reali School of Haifa
בית הספר הריאלי העברי בחיפה
Hebrew Reali School of Haifa; בית הספר הריאלי העברי בחיפה
Address
	Hertzel 16; Haifa 3312103; Israel
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Hebrew: הצנע לכת; (Walk Humbly)
Established	November 1913
Founder	Arthur Biram
Principal	Yosi Ben-Dov
Staff	650
Grades	pre-pre-K - 12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	4,500
Tuition	Varies
Website	Official Website

The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַסֵּפֶר הָרֵיאָלִי הָעִבְרִי בְחֵיפָה, romanized: Bet ha-sefer ha-Reali ha‘Ivri be-Ḥeifa), located in Haifa, Israel, is one of the country's oldest private schools.^[2]

History

The Reali school was established by Arthur Biram on behalf of EZRA, a German Jewish organization, and in close connection with the Technion in 1913, before the outbreak of World War I.^[3] The historical building near the old Technion was designed by German-Jewish architect Alexander Baerwald.

The fundamental values of the school are Zionism, humanism, tolerance and democracy. At the time, the Yishuv, or pre-state Jewish community in Acre Sanjak, was engaged in a debate over the language of instruction in the country's Jewish schools. When it was decided that the sciences would be taught in German, Biram responded by founding the Hebrew Reali School.^[2] The first branch of the school was opened in the Hadar neighborhood of Haifa. In 1923, the school moved into a building on the old campus of the Technion which had formerly been used as a British military hospital.^[2] During that period the school founded a Scouts troop, the 'Carmel Wanderers' (Hebrew: מְשׁוֹטְטֵי כַרְמֶל; Meshotetei Carmel), and in 1924 the school opened a humanities major, in addition to the previously offered science major. At the very same year the schools motto was determined: "And Walk Humbly" (Hebrew: וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת; vehatzna‘ lechet) (Micha, 6:8). This motto expresses the school's aspirations in the realm of education.

Between the years 1940-1948, given World War II and the strive towards establishing the country, the students took classes in shifts and the graduates joined the 'service year' (Hebrew: שְׁנַת שֵׁרוּת; shnat sherut).

In January 2014 Ron Kitrey retired and Dr. Yosi Ben-Dov replaced him as the school's headmaster.

Branches

Today the school has seven branches: 8 kindergartens; 3 elementary schools named after their neighbourhoods: Yesod Hadar; Yesod Ahuza and Yesod Merkaz; 3 middle schools: Tichon Hadar; Tichon Ahuza; Tichon Merkaz; and one high school: Beit Biram. In 1953, a military boarding school was established in proximity to Beit Biram.

In September 2008, the school opened its latest branch, the "Reali-gan" (kindergarten). The kindergarten advocates ecological education: Recycle, Energy saving and Nature protection.

In 2017 the military boarding school (Hebrew: הַפְּנִימִיָּה הַצְּבָאִית לְפִקּוּד; HaPnimiya haTzva’it leFikud) became an integrated part of the school.^{[citation needed]}.

Notable alumni

Amir Aczel, mathematician, professor and author of popular books on science and mathematics
Rachel Adato, gynaecologist, lawyer, and politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Miriam Adelson, medical research scientist and philanthropist
Azaria Alon
Noga Alon
Ruth Amiran
Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), children's author
Yosi Ben-Dov
Miriam Ben-Peretz
Yoav Benjamini
Shlomo Bentin
Avraham Biran
Miron Bleiberg, Israeli-Australian football manager
Shimshon Brokman (born 1957), Olympic sailor
Michael Bruno, economist
Gil Cohen, Olympic sailor
Yitzhak Danziger (1916–77), sculptor
Yaakov Dori (1899-1973), first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Yehezkel Dror
Amir Drori
Aryeh Dvoretzky
Fahoum Fahoum
Amir Gal-Or
Ruth Gavison
Amos Gitai
Mooky Greidinger
Dahlia Greidinger
Emil Grunzweig
Yehoshafat Harkabi
Daniel Koperberg (born 1997), basketball player
Haim Laskov (1919–83), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Orientalist, educator
Zafra Lerman (Jacobi), chemist, educator, and humanitarian
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944-2012), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and politician
Uri Lubrani
Ehud Manor (1941–2005), songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality
Amihai Mazar
Amram Mitzna
Bezalel Narkiss
Neri Oxman
Ilan Pappé
Michael O. Rabin, one of the founders of computer science in Israel and a Turing Award laureate
Asya Rolls
Herbert Salzman (1916–1990), American businessman and US Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Roy Schwartz Tichon, social entrepreneur
Aviem Sella
Shulamith Shahar
Abraham Silberschatz, computer scientist
Eli Upfal
Matan Vilnai
Zev Vilnay
Yochanan Vollach (born 1945), footballer
Ezer Weizman (1924–2005), 7th President of Israel, Commander of the Israeli Air Force, and Minister of Defense
Avi Wigderson
David Witzthum
Aharon Yadlin, educator and politician