Shdema

Shdema
Shdema
Coordinates: 31°49′49.08″N 34°44′28.31″E / 31.8303000°N 34.7411972°E / 31.8303000; 34.7411972Coordinates: 31°49′49.08″N 34°44′28.31″E / 31.8303000°N 34.7411972°E / 31.8303000; 34.7411972
District Central
Council Gederot
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1954
Population (2017)[1] 622

Shdema (Hebrew: שְׁדֵמָה‬) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Gedera in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 622.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1954 to absorb immigrants to Israel from Persia, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[2] After the group refused to live there, it was populated by urban residents who chose to live an agricultural cooperative lifestyle and arrived as part of the movement "from city to village."[3]

The word "Shdema", which appears infrequently in the Hebrew Bible, means "field of produce". The original name was "Yefe Nof" (Hebrew: יפה נוף‎).[3]

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. 1 2 Shdema Gederot Regional Council
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