After 90 years • View: swimming pool in the heart of Bnei Brak
Exposure • for the first time in Bnei Brak's history: swimming pool with gym • Developer: "hardly any city children learn to swim - we will change it"
- Moshe Cohen, B'Chadrei Charedim
- ג' כסלו התשע"ד
History in Bnei Brak: for the first time in the history of the city of Torah and Chassidus swimming pool will open. That is of course if the pool is not flooded with offensive posters instead of water.
The pool is located on Chazon Ish Street, and it was initiated by an educator and a media silence. "Until now," he says," the city's children drove to learn swimming in the neighboring cities. Pools are supervised, but required to depart from the city of Torah and Chassidus."
The man, who did not reveal his name, has a senior educational role, recruited investors and collected nearly 10,000,000 million shekels for 8 years and built the swimming pool, "so that children can learn swimming at affordable prices. Today, individuals take swimming lessons because the prices are a heavy financial burden, organizing transportation to pools outside the city are a burden and the children can't practice what they've learned."
Investment amount may sound excessive and he explains: "We decided to establish an indoor pool. Retrospectively we found that the architect and engineer who made the structure were not great experts to build the pool. Any change would involve a fortune."
The place contains a swimming pool for adults, swimming pool for children and they come under the highest standards. Children's pool is located in a fenced compound with safety factors which increase the cost of the project. There is also a gym and sauna. A mikveh will also operate at the site.
So what's missing?
"A name," he says, "We do not have a name for the pool."
I tried to offer מזל ובריכה (luck and pool) but he didn’t jump at the offer. He is waiting for additional suggestions.
Do you have ideas? Post.
The pool is located on Chazon Ish Street, and it was initiated by an educator and a media silence. "Until now," he says," the city's children drove to learn swimming in the neighboring cities. Pools are supervised, but required to depart from the city of Torah and Chassidus."
The man, who did not reveal his name, has a senior educational role, recruited investors and collected nearly 10,000,000 million shekels for 8 years and built the swimming pool, "so that children can learn swimming at affordable prices. Today, individuals take swimming lessons because the prices are a heavy financial burden, organizing transportation to pools outside the city are a burden and the children can't practice what they've learned."
Investment amount may sound excessive and he explains: "We decided to establish an indoor pool. Retrospectively we found that the architect and engineer who made the structure were not great experts to build the pool. Any change would involve a fortune."
The place contains a swimming pool for adults, swimming pool for children and they come under the highest standards. Children's pool is located in a fenced compound with safety factors which increase the cost of the project. There is also a gym and sauna. A mikveh will also operate at the site.
So what's missing?
"A name," he says, "We do not have a name for the pool."
I tried to offer מזל ובריכה (luck and pool) but he didn’t jump at the offer. He is waiting for additional suggestions.
Do you have ideas? Post.