Beit Zaid

Beit Zaid בֵּית זַיְד, בית זייד‎
Beit Zaid
Coordinates: 32°42′8.63″N 35°7′53.75″E / 32.7023972°N 35.1315972°ECoordinates: 32°42′8.63″N 35°7′53.75″E / 32.7023972°N 35.1315972°E
District	Northern
Council	Jezreel Valley
Founded	1951
Founded by	Former residents of Giv'ot Zaid
Population (2015)[1]	74

Beit Zaid (Hebrew: בֵּית זַיְד‎ or בית זייד‎, lit. House of Zaid) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 74.

History

The area was first inhabited in 1926 by Alexander Zaïd, one of the founders of Hashomer, his wife and four children. In 1940 a new kibbutz, Giv'ot Zaid (named for Zaïd) was founded to the north of Zaïd's former residence (he had been murdered in 1938) and was joined by several members of Zaïd's family. However, it collapsed in 1950. In 1951 the former residents of Giv'ot Zaid moved to the site inhabited by the family, and founded Beit Zaid.

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.