Beit Elazari

Beit El'azari
בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי
Etymology: House of El'azari
Beit El'azari is located in Central Israel
Beit El'azari
Beit El'azari
Beit El'azari is located in Israel
Beit El'azari
Beit El'azari
Coordinates: 31°50′37″N 34°48′15″E / 31.84361°N 34.80417°E / 31.84361; 34.80417
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1948
Founded byEastern European immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,550
Websitewww.beitelazari.co.il

Beit El'azari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of El'azari; 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 2022 it had a population of 1,550.[1]

History

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It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar.[2] Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron), and finally Beit El'azari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[3]

Notable people

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Avraham Zilberberg, MK[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 395. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  4. ^ Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website
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