Beit Elazari

Beit Elazari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of Elazari; Arabic: بيت إلعزاري) is a moshav in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,568.[1]

Beit Elazari

בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי
Beit Elazari
Beit Elazari
Coordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1948
Founded byEastern European immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,568
Name meaningHouse of Elazari
Websitewww.beitelazari.co.il

History

It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar.[2] Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron), and finally Beit Elazari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[3]

Notable residents

Avraham Zilberberg, MK[4]


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See also

References

  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 395. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 64. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website
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