Beit Elazari

Beit Elazari
בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי
Beit Elazari
Coordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°E / 31.8435972; 34.8042972Coordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°E / 31.8435972; 34.8042972
District Central
Council Brenner
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1948
Founded by Eastern European Jewish immigrants
Population (2015)[1] 1,494
Name meaning House of Elazari
Website www.beitelazari.co.il

Beit Elazari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of Elazari; Arabic: بيت إلعزاري) is a moshav in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,494.

History

It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Arab village of al-Maghar. Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron) and then to its current name after the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, the founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[2] It was the first moshav established by new immigrants, who included Avraham Zilberberg, later a member of the Knesset.[3]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 64. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website

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