Beit Meir (Hebrew: בֵּית מֵאִיר, lit. House of Meir) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem hills around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 765.[1]
Beit Meir
בֵּית מֵאִיר بيت مئير | |
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  Beit Meir  Beit Meir | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′38″N 35°02′14″E / 31.79389°N 35.03722°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 765 |
History
editThe moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950,[2][3] and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.[4]
Landmarks
edit- Masrek Nature Reserve[5]
- Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshiva for American post high-school students headed in the past by Rabbi D. Schecter[6] and as of 2024 by Rabbi Noach Victor.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 277, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949) Archived 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
- ^ "From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve" at KKL/JNF website. Re-accessed 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ Official website: "Rebbeim" (faculty). Accessed 14 May 2024.
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