Giv'at Ye'arim

Giv'at Ye'arim
גִּבְעַת יְעָרִים‬
Giv'at Ye'arim
Coordinates: 31°47′14.47″N 35°5′20.25″E / 31.7873528°N 35.0889583°E / 31.7873528; 35.0889583Coordinates: 31°47′14.47″N 35°5′20.25″E / 31.7873528°N 35.0889583°E / 31.7873528; 35.0889583
District Jerusalem
Council Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1950
Founded by Immigrants from Yemen
Population (2017)[1] 1,467
Name meaning Hill of Forests

Giv'at Ye'arim (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת יְעָרִים‬, lit. Hill of Forests) is a semi-cooperative moshav in central Israel. Located in the Judean Mountains, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,467.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Yemenite immigrants,[2] on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat al-'Umur.[3]

Giv'at Ye'arim is associated with Gibeath, a city mentioned in the Book of Joshua (18:28).[4]

In the past, the majority of Giv'at Ye'arim residents worked in agriculture, particularly viticulture and poultry-breeding. Today, many hold jobs outside the moshav, mainly in Jerusalem and Mevaseret Zion.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.43
  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. 321. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.175, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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