Nissim Kahlon

Kahlon's house

Nissim Kahlon (born 1946 or 1947) is an Israeli hermit who created the Hermit House in Herzliya.

Biography

Born in 1946 or 1947,[1] Nissim Kahlon is a Jewish man who is the divorced father of three children.[2] He lived in a tent in Herzliya beach in 1973[3] before creating a cave-house on Sidna Ali Beach[4] in Apollonia National Park since 1974, Kahlon was ordered to leave by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection.[5][1] According to Kahlon, the Ministry claim his house is dangerous to the stability of the cliff into which it is built.[5] He was served an eviction notice in 2023.[3]

His home lacks a telephone or internet connection, but has had a water and electrical connection since at least 1992.[6] It is constructed using discarded materials such as local rock, tile, ceramic and glass.[5]

Kahlon was the subject of the documentary Appollonian Story,[7] directed by Ilan Moskovitch and Dan Bronfeld.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Regan, Tim (2014-06-20). "Apollonian Story". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. ^ Miskin, Maayana (2013-07-07). "Jewish 'Hermit' from Herzliya Speaks". Israel National News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  3. ^ a b Zion, Ilan Ben; Schalit, Ariel. "After 50 years, government seeks to evict squatter from cave home on Herzliya beach". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  4. ^ "Hermit House". Time Out Israel. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  5. ^ a b c Zlatopolskai, Anastassia (5 Sep 2022). "Hermit faces eviction from beachside cave home". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  6. ^ Haskel, Adam (2023-07-18). "48 years after carving his house into a cliff, Israeli faces eviction". JNS.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  7. ^ Steinberg, Jessica. "A screen full of stories". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.