Beit Hashmonai

Beit Hashomai
בֵּית חַשְׁמוֹנַאי‬
Beit Hashomai
Coordinates: 31°53′25.79″N 34°54′57.96″E / 31.8904972°N 34.9161000°E / 31.8904972; 34.9161000Coordinates: 31°53′25.79″N 34°54′57.96″E / 31.8904972°N 34.9161000°E / 31.8904972; 34.9161000
District Central
Council Gezer
Founded 1970
Founded by Jewish Agency
Population (2017)[1] 2,195

Beit Hashmonai (Hebrew: בֵּית חַשְׁמוֹנַאי‬, lit. Hasmonean House) is a Jewish locality in central Israel. Located five kilometers south-east of Ramla,[2] it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 2,195.[1]

History

Beit Hashmonai was established in 1970 by the Jewish Agency for teachers at the nearby Ayalon School on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Barriyya.[3] It is named for Simon Maccabaeus, a member of the Hasmonean family who captured the ancient city of Gezer, located nearby.

In 1987 it was designated a community centre for the regional council, with the council's offices moved to the village.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ The Ratzhabis of Beit Hashmonai
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 362. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Homepage Beit Hashmonai
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