At number 8, at Nahalat Binyamin, you will find a beautiful building, designed in the ‘Art Nouveau’ style by the architect Y.Z. Tabachnik in 1922. The house, ‘Beit Hadekel’ (The House with the Palm Tree) is completely symmetrical, which one side curved and one side angular, with many Jewish motifs, including the ‘Star of David’ and the menorah-shaped balconies. Until it was stolen, a few years ago, the round window in the center contained a decorative green glass palm-tree. The house was build for Issar Cohen, a very religious man, who requested that no glass be put into one of the rectangular windows under de palm-tree, because in order to symbolize the destruction of the Temple, no building should be totally completed. Today, after many years of hard work, the building … Read entire article »