Kerem Ben Zimra
Kerem Ben Zimra (Hebrew: כֶּרֶם בֶּן זִמְרָה) is a moshav near Safed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
The Arab village Al-Ras al-Ahmar on the site was depopulated in 1948.[1] The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Turkey, to whom immigrants were added from Romania and Morocco. Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz (1924–1995), a kabbalist and the first rabbi of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, was among the founders of the moshav.[2] The moshav is named after Rabbi David Ben Zimra, who was buried with his father Yosef near the moshav.
[edit] Kerem Ben Zimra nature reserve
In 1968 a 68-dunam nature reserve was declared[3] on the land south of the moshav. Flora includes Mt. Atlas mastic trees, Valonia oaks, Palestine Oaks, Buckthorns, and Styrax officinalis. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5, p488.
- ^ Joseph Finklestone (4 November 1995). "OBITUARY: Rabbi Yehuda Meir Getz". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rabbi-yehuda-meir-getz-1537447.html. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. http://parks.org.il/sigalit/muchrazim.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "Kerem Ben Zimra Nature Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. http://www.inature.info/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9F-%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%94. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
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Coordinates: 33°2′17.52″N 35°28′6.96″E / 33.0382°N 35.4686°E
