 The common Israeli saying , " Haifa works , Jerusalem prays , and Tel Aviv plays " attests to Haifa 's reputation as a city of workers and industry . The industrial region of Haifa is in the eastern part of the city , around the Kishon River . It is home to the Haifa oil refinery , one of the two oil refineries in Israel ( the other refinery being located in Ashdod ) . The Haifa refinery processes 9 million tons ( 66 million barrels ) of crude oil a year . Its nowadays unused twin 80 @-@ meter high cooling towers , built in the 1930s , were the tallest buildings built in the British Mandate period . 
 The common Israeli saying , " Haifa <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>works</mark></a> , Jerusalem <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>prays</mark></a> , and Tel Aviv <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>plays</mark></a> " <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>attests</mark></a> to Haifa <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>reputation as a city of workers and industry . The industrial region of Haifa is in the eastern part of the city , around the Kishon River . It <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>home to the Haifa oil refinery , one of the two oil refineries in Israel ( the other refinery being located in Ashdod ) . The Haifa refinery <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>processes</mark></a> 9 million tons ( 66 million barrels ) of crude oil a year . Its nowadays unused twin 80 @-@ meter high cooling towers , built in the 1930s , <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> the tallest buildings built in the British Mandate period . 
Da common Israeli saying , " Haifa work , Jerusalem pray , and Tel Aviv play " attest to Haifa  reputation as a city of workers and industry . The industrial region of Haifa is in the eastern part of the city , around the Kishon River . It home to tdaHaifa oil refinery , one of the 2 oil refineries in Israel ( thdather refinery bein located in Ashdod ) . Thedaifa refinery process 9 million tons ( 66 million barrels ) of crude oil a year . Its nowadays unused twin 80 @-@ meter high cooling towers , built in the 1930s , was the tallest buildings built in the British Mandate period .