Giv'at Ko'ah

Giv'at Ko'ah (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת כֹּ"חַ, lit. Hill of the Twenty Eight or Strength Hill) is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the south of Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 923.[1]

Giv'at Ko'ah

גִּבְעַת כֹּ"חַ
A playground in Giv'at Ko'ah.
Giv'at Ko'ah
Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 34°56′9.96″E
Grid position144/159 PAL
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
Founded byYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2018)[1]
923

History
A memorial to the Alexandroni Brigade in Giv'at Ko'ah, Israel.[2]

The village was founded on 2 July 1950 by immigrants from Yemen.[3] It was named for the 28 soldiers (כ"ח is the Hebrew numerals for 28) from the Alexandroni Brigade who died in fighting at Qula during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[4] A monument to these soldiers is located on a hill about 3 km east of the village.[5]

Giv'at Ko'ah, along with Tirat Yehuda and Bareket, is located near the former Palestinian village of village of al-Tira, which was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[6]

Giv'at Ko'ah was also home to a group of Cochin Jews who emigrated from the village of Chendamangalam, India. In 2010, the Nehemiah Mott Synagogue was built in Giv'at Ko'ah, named after a Yemenite kabbalist revered by this community.[7]

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. Alexandroni Cycling and Hiking Trail in Elad Forest Jewish National Fund
  3. Mathilde A. Tagger; Yitzchak Kerem (2006). Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel. Avotaynu.
  4. Talmi, Ephraim; Talmi, Menahem (September 1966). All the Land - A Geographical Lexicon of Israel (in Hebrew). Amichai Publishers. p. 117.
  5. History Giv'at Ko'ah
  6. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 418. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  7. Shalva Weil. "Where are Cochin Jews today?". cochinsyn.com.
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