Nir Galim
Nir Galim נִיר גַּלִּים | |
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Nir Galim | |
Coordinates: 31°49′28.91″N 34°40′59.88″E / 31.8246972°N 34.6833000°ECoordinates: 31°49′28.91″N 34°40′59.88″E / 31.8246972°N 34.6833000°E | |
District | Central |
Council | Hevel Yavne |
Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
Founded | 1949 |
Founded by | Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivors |
Population (2017)[1] | 1,426 |
Nir Galim (Hebrew: נִיר גַּלִּים, lit. Waves Meadow) is a religious moshav shitufi in south-central Israel, adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Located in the southern coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,426.[1]
History
The moshav was established in 1949, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Arab Suqrir, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2][3]
It was initially called Nir VeGal (Hebrew: ניר וגל, lit. Meadow and Wave). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Central Europe, including set of twins who survived Josef Mengele's experiments.[4]
The Testimony House for the Heritage of the Holocaust was established on the moshav in 2009.[5]
Notable residents
- Ofir Ben Shitrit, Orthodox Jewish singer[6]
References
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- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 80. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii, settlement #130. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ↑ Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel (1992) Children of the Flames Penguin Books
- ↑ Bnei Akiva celebrates museum's recognition of its pre-state work in UK The Jerusalem Post
- ↑ Brown, Elicia (17 December 2013). "The Sound and the Fury". The New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 17 June 2018.