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
Highway 60
The following highways are numbered 60:
International
* AH60, Asian Highway 60
* European route E60
Australia
* Bruxner Highway
* Dawson Highway (Rolleston to Gladstone) - Queensland State Route 60
Brazil
* BR-060
Canada
* Alberta Highway 60 ...
, 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 Palmach ...
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 an ...
by
immigrants
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from
Hungary
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and
Romania
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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.
Pini Badash Pini may refer to:
People Surname
* Anthony Pini (Carlos Antonio Pini; 1902–1989), Argentinian cellist, soloist, orchestral section leader and chamber musician
*Antonio Pini-Corsi (1858(?)–1918), Italian operatic baritone
* Carolina Pini ( ...
has served as mayor since 1990. Omer's jurisdiction is 20,126
dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...
s (~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 members ...
,
Lehavim
Lehavim ( he, לְהָבִים) is an affluent village in southern Israel. Founded in 1983 and located in the northern Negev around 15 km north of Beersheba, it is a local council. In it had a population of .
History
Lehavim, originally ...
and
Savyon
Savyon ( he, סַבְיוֹן) is an affluent local council in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. ...
.
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Notable residents
*
Eviatar Banai
Eviatar Banai (also spelled Evyatar or (incorrectly) Evitar; he, אביתר בנאי; born February 8, 1973) is an Israeli musician, singer and songwriter.
Biography
Early life
Banai was born in 1973 in Beersheba. The extended Banai family is ...
, musician
*
Orna Banai
Orna Banai ( he, אורנה בנאי; born November 25, 1966) is an Israeli actress, comedian, entertainer and past member of the Tel Aviv-Yafo city Council.
Biography
Banai was born in Beersheba and raised in Omer. Her father was a judge in B ...
, 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 (Israeli TV ...
, singer
*
Mickey Edelstein
Mickey Edelstein (born 1967) is a major-general in the Israeli Defense Forces, and the IDF's military attaché in the United States.
Biography
Michael (Mickey) Edelstein was born in Omer, Israel, Omer. He was drafted into the IDF in 1986 and vol ...
, general
*
Amir Ganiel
Amir Ganiel ( he, אמיר גניאל ) (January 6, 1963 in Jerusalem – May 14, 2018) was an Israeli swimming champion. Biography
Ganiel's son, Imri Ganiel, is also a swimmer. He is a national record holder and an Olympic swimmer of Israel.
S ...
, swimmer
*
Imri Ganiel
Imri Ganiel ( he, אמרי גניאל; born 8 January 1992) is an Israeli swimmer.
Biography
Imri Ganiel was born in Beersheba and grew up in Omer. Ganiel started swimming at the age of 8 and has competed in swimming since the age of 12. He is t ...
, 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
Bergen-Belsen , or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentrati ...
survivor,
Munich Massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian people, Palestinian militant organization Black September Organization, Black September, who i ...
survivor, and Professor of Industrial Engineering
References
External links
Official website
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Former kibbutzim
Former moshavim
Local councils in Southern District (Israel)