Beit Berl
Beit Berl (Hebrew: בֵּית בֶּרְל, lit. Berl House) is a village in Israel. Located on the outskirts of Kfar Saba, the village falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council and is the location of Beit Berl College, which has around 7,000 students. In 2019 it had a permanent population of 198.[1]
Beit Berl בֵּית בֶּרְל | |
|---|---|
 Midrasha LeOmanut, Beit Berl School of Arts | |
  Beit Berl  Beit Berl | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′59.24″N 34°55′33.74″E | |
| Country |  |
| District | Central |
| Council | Drom HaSharon |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Population (2019)[1] | 198 |
History
Beit Berl was named after Berl Katznelson, the spiritual leader of the Labor movement in Mandate Palestine. The cornerstone was laid on 21 August 1946. It was used as an area base for the Haganah forces, and later by the Israel Defense Forces. It was built on the site of the Qalmaniya estate founded by Moshe Gredinger, a British businessman, who visited Palestine in April 1926. In 1927, he purchased land for the establishment of a large plantation north of Kfar Saba. He named the estate for his father, Kalman Gredinger. The farm, which grew citrus and then established a dairy barn, was not successful. In 1945, Gredinger wrote to Avraham Harzfeld, a founder of the Histadrut Labor Federation in Palestine, who proposed establishing a training institute there commemorating Berl Katznelson.[2]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Amit-Cohen, Irit (2012) [2006]. Zionism and Free Enterprise: The Story of Private Entrepreneurs in Citrus Plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. Translated by Aviram, Jerry. Boston: De Gruyter. p. 49.