Beit She'arim (moshav) explained

Beit She'arim
Foundation:1926
Founded By:Yugoslav Jews
District:north
Council:Jezreel Valley
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
Pushpin Map:Israel jezreel#Israel
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Coordinates:32.6961°N 35.1772°W

Beit She'arim (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים||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 it had a population of .

Moshav Beit She'arim is named after the ancient town of Bet She'arayim, also known as Bet She'arim,[1] the remains of which are in Beit She'arim National Park, five kilometers east of the moshav.[2]

History

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.[3] 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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Sharon, Moshe (2004), Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Vol. III, D-F; page XXXVII https://books.google.com/books?id=01ogNhTNz54C&pg=PR37
  2. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_02881.html Modern Bet She'arim
  3. Web site: Necropolis of Bet She'arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal . UNESCO . 23 July 2015.
  4. Book: Secret Soldier. Col. Betser. Moshe "Muki". Rosenberg. Robert. Simon & Schuster. 1996. London. 27, 28.