Meir Dizengoff was one of the founders of the Ahuzat Bayit Company, organized to establish a modern Jewish quarter near the Arab city of Jaffa in 1909. Dizengoff became head of the town planning in 1911, a position that he held until 1922. When Tel Aviv was recognized as a city, Dizengoff was elected mayor and remained in office until his death in 1936.
Dizengoff is associated in our memories of Israel’s early years with the Adloyada parade – the name coming from the mitzvah of Purim to become so inebriated “ad lo yada” – until one cannot distinguish between Cursed be Haman and Blessed be Mordechai.
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