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Beit She'arim (moshav)

Coordinates: 32°41′46″N 35°10′38″E / 32.69611°N 35.17722°E / 32.69611; 35.17722
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Beit She'arim
Beit She'arim is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Beit She'arim
Beit She'arim
Beit She'arim is located in Israel
Beit She'arim
Beit She'arim
Coordinates: 32°41′46″N 35°10′38″E / 32.69611°N 35.17722°E / 32.69611; 35.17722
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilJezreel Valley
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1926
Founded byYugoslav Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
815

Beit She'arim (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, lit.'House of Gates') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Ramat Yishai, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. As of 2022 it had a population of 815.[1]

Moshav Beit She'arim is named after the ancient town of Bet She'arayim, also known as Bet She'arim,[2] the remains of which are in Beit She'arim National Park, five kilometers east of the moshav.[3]

History

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During the 1920s Luise Lea Zaloscer and her sister Klara Barmaper organized the purchase of the site on behalf of the Jewish National Fund in Yugoslavia. In 1926 a group of immigrants from Yugoslavia settled in the place and established a moshav, taking the name from the ancient city of Beit She'arim, the ruins of which are today a national park that was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015.[4] Due to economic hardships the majority of the first settlers left in the 1930s, and in 1936 the moshav was re-established by members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, immigrants from Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Sharon, Moshe (2004), Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Vol. III, D-F; page XXXVII [1]
  3. ^ Modern Bet She'arim Jewish Virtual Library
  4. ^ "Necropolis of Bet She'arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal". UNESCO. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ^ Col. Betser, Moshe "Muki"; Rosenberg, Robert (1996). Secret Soldier. London: Simon & Schuster. pp. 27, 28.

See also

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