Beit Meir
Beit Meir (Hebrew: בֵּית מֵאִיר, lit. House of Meir) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem hills around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 765.
History
The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950, and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.
Landmarks
- Masrek Nature Reserve
- Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshiva for American post high-school students headed in the past by Rabbi D. Schecter and as of 2024 by Rabbi Noach Victor.
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 277, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949) Archived 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
- ^ "From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve" at KKL/JNF website. Re-accessed 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ Official website: "Rebbeim" (faculty). Accessed 14 May 2024.
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