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										FIRST FOUNDERS OF MAZKERET BATIA (EKRON) |  
							| The first settlers were 11 families from RUZHANY, 110 persons altogether. A year later another 7 families joined from RUZHANY ,RUSSIA and RUMANIA.
 
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									1885 |  
							| 1. | Israel Tzvi   ARKIN |  
							| 2. | Yehoshua   RUBINSTEIN |  
							| 3. | Yaacov   LASKOVSKI |  
							| 4. | Yaacov ARKIN |  
							| 5. | Avraham Yaacov GELMAN |  
							| 6. | Baruch Tzvi BERENSTEIN |  
							| 7. | Ephraim SHKOLNIK |  
							| 8. | Moshe MELER |  
							| 9. | Caim Moshe PRESS |  
							| 10. | Yechezkel LEVIN |  
							| 11. | Dov RADAVSKI |  
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									1886 |  
							| 1. | Mardechai NEIMAN |  
							| 2. | Aharon Zelig LEVITA |  
							| 3. | Shaul HELZNER |  
							| 4. | Gershon SHERESHEVSKI |  
							| 5. | Yaacov GOLD |  
							| 6. | Shlomo WEIBERG |  
							| 7. | Eliyahu Moshe HERSHKOVITZ |  
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							| Source: Names extracted from Rozinoi: Sefer Zikaron li-kehilat Rozinoi veha-sevivah. Tel Aviv, 1957 . Pictures from Ran Aaronsohn, Rothschild and Early Jewish Colonization. The Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 2000.
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