With over 5,500 years of history, Lod is one of the oldest cities in Israel and one of the few that has been continuously inhabited throughout its history. Its unique location in the center of the Land of Israel attracted our biblical ancestors. Throughout history, it was ruled by Christians and Muslims, with the Turkish Sultans leaving behind numerous architectural monuments.

It has always served as a spiritual center for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Even in ancient times, Lod was a stop on the sea route that was the main artery of the Land of Israel. This had a decisive influence on the status and development of the City of Lod, which was located on the route of major roads. Caravans traveled along these roads that crossed in Lod, and their owners stayed in the city, traded there, and contributed to its economic development throughout the ages.

During its heyday, Lod was considered second only to Jerusalem. Great rabbis lived there, and it had a small Sanhedrin and a large yeshiva, headed by Rabbi Eliezer ben Horkanos, where the greatest sages and Tannaim taught, including Rabbi Tarfon, Rabbi Akiva, and others.

Throughout the years, Lod experienced periods of prosperity and flourishing alongside periods of decline and depression, due to the many wars that ravaged the region and the city's transition from one ruler to another: The Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Ottomans, and Turks all came to Lod or its surroundings and ruled it throughout the years and historical periods.

Lod returned to Jewish hands during the War of Independence when Commando Battalion 89, led by Moshe Dayan, liberated it during “Operation Dani” on Thursday, July 11, 1948.

On Friday, May 5, 1949, Lod was granted city status. As a city that absorbed immigrants in its early years, thousands of Jews from all over the world settled there.

Over the years, thousands of immigrants became an integral part of the city's fabric and came together, without distinction, to form a wonderful mosaic of cultures and a diverse society—religious and secular, veteran and new, young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish. As a mixed city, Lod is a symbol and example in Israel of coexistence based on the values of tolerance, understanding, and mutual respect, in a city where Jews, Christians, and Muslims live side by side. Today, the city has a population of over 81,000 residents.