| Kiryat Ye'arim | |
| Other Name: | كريات يعاريم |
| Translit Lang1: | Hebrew |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | ISO 259 |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Qiryat Yˁarim |
| Translit Lang1 Type3: | Also spelled |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Kiryat Yearim (unofficial) |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 31.8033°N 35.1°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Israel |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
| Leader Name: | Yitzhak Ravitz |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Name meaning |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Town of forests |
(Hebrew: קִרְיַת יְעָרִים), also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the Jerusalem District of Israel. It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name. It is bordered on one side by the Muslim Arab village of Abu Ghosh, and on the other side by the secular Jewish community of .[1] In it had a population of .
For the official name, see Biblical connection section.
Despite the official name of "Kiryat Ye'arim", the town is widely known as Telz-Stone, after the Telshe or Telz yeshiva, who had a branch there between 1977–79,[2] and American Greetings founder-chairman Irving I. Stone, who helped to finance the community's early development.[1]
is located approximately 10km (10miles) west of Jerusalem, just north of the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem highway. Neighboring to the northeast is the Arab town of Abu Ghosh. is between NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on above sea level.[3]
The modern town of (Town of Forests) is named for the homonymous ancient city (common English spelling: Kiriath-Jearim), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the site where the Ark of the Covenant has been kept for 20 years, according to the Book of Samuel. From here the Ark was taken to Jerusalem by King David (multi=yes).
Six hundred dunams of modern-day were purchased before 1948 by Menashe Elissar, a businessman who was attracted to the site as the location of the biblical .[4]
The modern community was established in 1973 by American ultra-Orthodox Jews.[5] A group of students and teachers of the American Telshe Yeshiva (Yeshivat Telz in Hebrew) were active there in 1977-79.[2]
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2019 had a population of 6,309, predominantly Jewish, with a growth rate of ?%. Many of the residents are immigrants from North America, Europe and South Africa.
is home to three Orthodox post-high school yeshivas aimed at foreign students, particularly from the U.S.: Neveh Zion, Keser Dovid and Yishrei Lev.[6] [7]
It is also home to a Sephardic Haredi yeshiva - Be'er Yitzhak and another yeshiva: Me'orot Hatorah.