Beit Elazari ( he, בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. ''House of Elazari''; ar, بيت إلعزاري) is a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of
Rehovot
Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Brenner Regional Council
Brenner Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית ברנר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Brenner''; ar, المجلس الإقليمي برنر), is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the westernmost portion of the She ...
. In it had a population of .
History
It was founded in 1948 by
Jewish immigrants from
eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russ ...
, on the site of the depopulated
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
village of
al-Maghar
al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar. ...
. Initially named Arugot ( he, ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha ( he, עקרון החדשה, lit. ''New
Ekron
Ekron (Philistine: 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 ''*ʿAqārān'', he, עֶקְרוֹן, translit=ʿEqrōn, ar, عقرون), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron ( grc-gre, Ακκαρων, Akkarōn}) was a Philistine city, one of the five cities o ...
''), and finally Beit Elazari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, founder of modern
agriculture in Israel
Agriculture in Israel is a highly developed industry. Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of the country is not naturally conducive to agriculture. More ...
.
Notable residents
Avraham Zilberberg
Avraham Zilberberg (, born 15 December 1915, died 19 June 1980) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and 1977.
Biography
Born in an area that later became Poland, Zilberberg spent World Wa ...
, MK
Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities
Knesset website
See also
*Agricultural research in Israel
Agricultural research in Israel is based on close cooperation and interaction between scientists, consultants, farmers and agriculture-related industries. Israel's semi-arid to arid climate and shortage of high quality water are major constraints f ...
*Benjamin Elazari Volcani
Benjamin Elazari Volcani (Hebrew: בנימין אלעזרי-וולקני, born 4 January 1915, died 1 February 1999) was an Israeli microbiologist who discovered life in the Dead Sea and pioneered biological silicon research at Scripps Institutio ...
References
External links
Moshav website
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1948
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
1948 establishments in Israel