Beit Elazari
| Beit Elazari בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי | |
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  Beit Elazari | |
| Coordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°ECoordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E / 31.8435972°N 34.8042972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Eastern European Jewish immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 1,494 |
| Name meaning | House of Elazari |
| Website | www.beitelazari.co.il |
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 2015 it had a population of 1,494.
History
It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Arab village of al-Maghar. Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron) and then to its current name after the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, the founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[2] It was the first moshav established by new immigrants, who included Avraham Zilberberg, later a member of the Knesset.[3]
Notable residents
- Danny Markovitch Slor of Marbin, saxophonist-composer
- Avraham Zilberberg, member of the Knesset
See also
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 64. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
- Moshav website (Hebrew)