Omer ( he, עֹמֶר, ''lit.'' sheaf) is an affluent town in the Southern District of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, bordering

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

. It is located on

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, between Beersheba and the Shoket Junction. In it had a population of .

History

Omer, originally known as Hevrona, was founded as a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

in 1949. The early residents were demobilized

Palmach The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Companies") was the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmac ...

soldiers. In 1951, it became a cooperative village known as Eilata. In 1953, it was re-established as a communal

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 ...

immigrants Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, ...

from

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and

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and renamed Omer. The name is based on the offering of the first sheafs in Leviticus 23:10. In 1957, residents of the

ma'abarot Ma'abarot ( he, מַעְבָּרוֹת) were immigrant and refugee absorption camps established in Israel in the 1950s, constituting one of the largest public projects planned by the state to implement its sociospatial and housing policies. T ...

in the vicinity moved to Omer. In 1962, it was renamed Tomer and became a neighborhood of Beersheba. Since 1974, it has been an independent town and suburb of Beersheba.

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has served as mayor since 1990. Omer's jurisdiction is 20,126 dunams (~20.1 km²).

Economy

Omer is known for its high socio-economic ranking. It is one of four municipalities to score 10/10, along with

Kfar Shmaryahu Kfar Shmaryahu ( he, כְּפַר שְׁמַרְיָהוּ, ar, كفار شمرياهو) is a local council in Israel, within the Tel Aviv District. History Kfar Shmaryahu was founded in May 1937, during the Fifth Aliyah. The founding membe ...

, Lehavim and

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Notable residents

* Eviatar Banai, musician * Orna Banai, actress and comedian *

Guy Barnea Guy Marcos Barnea (; born 9 September 1987) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships. As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50m b ...

, Olympic swimmer *

Roni Dalumi Roni Dalumi (or Daloomi, he, רוני דלומי; born ) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and actress. She is the winner of the singing competition show '' Kochav Nolad 7'' in 2009. She starred in the original Israeli series ''Euphoria''. Early ...

, singer * Mickey Edelstein, general * Amir Ganiel, swimmer * Imri Ganiel, Olympic swimmer *

Ziv Kalontarov Ziv Kalontarov (also "Kalontorov", "Kaluntarov", and "Kalntrov"; he, זיו קלונטרוב; born 15 January 1997) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer and the reigning European Games champion in the 50 m freestyle. In April 2015, Kalontarov won the ...

, Olympic swimmer *

Shaul Ladany Shaul Paul Ladany ( he, שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk ...

, world-record-holding Olympic racewalker, Bergen-Belsen survivor,

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survivor, and Professor of Industrial Engineering

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Former kibbutzim Former moshavim Local councils in Southern District (Israel)