Ramat Gan

City, west-central Israel, on the Plain of Sharon just east of Tel Aviv - Yafo. Founded in 1921, it is the largest satellite city in the Tel Aviv - Yafo metropolitan area, with fine residential quarters, extensive parks and gardens, including a national park, and the nation's principal athletic stadium, seating 50,000 persons. It is also the home of Bar-Ilan University, a religiously oriented