Shvut Rachel
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Shvut Rachel (Hebrew: שבות רחל) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located 28 miles (45 km) north of Jerusalem near the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya. Nearby Israeli settlements include Shilo, Giv'at Har'el, Esh Kodesh, Keeda, and Adei Ad. The village, administrated by the Matte Binyamin Regional Council, has a population of 100 families.
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[edit] History
The village was founded in November 1991 in memory of the victims of a terrorist attack on a civilian bus - Rachela Druk of Shilo, a mother of 7, and Yitzhak Rofe, the bus driver - who were on their way to a demonstration in Tel Aviv. On the night of the funerals, a group of students from the yeshiva in Shilo as well as two young couples, including a pregnant woman who gave birth a week later, established Shvut Rachel.
[edit] Midreshet Binat
Binat is a midrasha located in Shvut Rachel. Headed by Rabbi Ronen Tamir, it was founded in 2000 as an additional branch of the nearby yeshiva in Shilo. It includes a regular seminary program, a one month program in September for college students, and a joint program with Beit Vegan Teachers College.
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