Magdiel was established as a home and school for children who survived the
Holocaust. Its location,
Magdiel, was an
agricultural village founded in 1924 by
Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland and Lithuania, later joined by a group from the Netherlands. In 1964, the village of Magdiel, along with Ramatayim, Hadar, and Ramat Hadar, merged to become Hod Hasharon. Other schools at Magdiel include a comprehensive secondary school and a technical vocational boarding school of the
ORT educational network. ==Notable residents==