Bar Giora

Bar Giora
Bar Giora
Coordinates: 31°43′46.2″N 35°4′19.55″E / 31.729500°N 35.0720972°E / 31.729500; 35.0720972Coordinates: 31°43′46.2″N 35°4′19.55″E / 31.729500°N 35.0720972°E / 31.729500; 35.0720972
District Jerusalem
Council Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 18 October 1950
Founded by Yemenite Jews
Population (2017)[1] 670

Bar Giora (Hebrew: בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא‬) is a moshav in the Judean Mountains in Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 670.[1]

History

The village was initially founded by the Herut movement on 18 October 1950 by immigrants from Yemen, and was first named Allar-Bet, later to be called Ramat Shimon.[2] It was established on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Allar, which became depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It is situated northeast of the Allar village site.[3]

The village was also called Eitanim , until eventually they settled on the name Bar-Giora, after Simon Bar Giora. The Yemenite immigrants, dissatisfied with conditions in their new village, abandoned the village after a short stint of 2-3 years, and in 1954 the village was resettled by immigrants from Morocco.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Herut (newspaper), issues: 20 October 1950, page 8 (Hebrew); 3 December 1951, page 2 (Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 266. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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