Ganei Yehuda (Hebrew: גני יהודה, lit. 'Gardens of Judah') was a moshav founded in 1950 in the Ono Valley, adjacent to the cities of Yehud and Kiryat Ono. It was named after the biblical figure Judah whom was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah.
Ganei Yehuda
גני יהודה | |
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  Ganei Yehuda  Ganei Yehuda | |
| Coordinates: 32°2′21″N 34°52′35″E / 32.03917°N 34.87639°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 1950 |
In 2003 Ganei Yehuda was merged into Savyon.[1][2]
Both Savyon and Ganei Yehuda are located on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-'Abbasiyya, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3]
Notable people
edit- Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
References
edit- ^ "מועצה מקומית סביון". Savyon Municipality. 2003-10-28. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ "דיון איחודים במחוזית: יהוד-נווה מונסון, סביון-גני יהודה, מכבים-רעות". Globes.co.il. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 235. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.