Beit Elazari
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| Hebrew | בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי |
| Name meaning | House of Elazari |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Eastern European immigrants |
| Council | Brenner |
| District | Center |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Coordinates | 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°ECoordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°E |
| Population | 1,200 (2008) |
 Beit Elazari
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| Website | www.beitelazari.co.il |
Beit Elazari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of Elazari) 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 2008 it had a population of 1,200.
It was founded in 1948 by immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian 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.[1] It was the first moshav established by new immigrants, who included Avraham Zilberberg, later a member of the Knesset.[2]
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[edit] Notable Residents
Danny Markovitch of Marbin, saxophonist-composer
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 64. ISBN 9657184347. (Hebrew)
- ^ Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website
[edit] External links
- Moshav website (Hebrew)
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