Bet Yad LaBanim

Bet Yad LaBanim was built in 1995 all thanks to the Boimal family from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rachel and Samuel Boimal were 2 Jewish survivors from the Shoah (holocaust). They donated the tennis courts in the Katznelson neighborhood, and continue to donate to different projects in Nahariya.

Rachel dedicated the library to her brother, Yosi Chirkovich, who was killed in the War of Independence in the battle of Latroon. Yosi survived the holocaust, and came to Israel in 1946.

The building contains a library, auditorium and a memorial chamber.
The memorial chamber has stone plates which are carved with the names of the fallers in all Israeli wars.
The auditorium has 200 seats and is mainly used for coulter meetings for the people in the neighborhood and the city.
The library is fancy and rich in a verity of books in different subjects: war, Israeli-Jewish literature, arts and holy books.