Beit Meir
Beit Meir
| |
|---|---|
 | |
| Etymology: House of Meir | |
  Beit Meir  Beit Meir | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′38″N 35°02′14″E / 31.79389°N 35.03722°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population (2024)[1] | 678 |
Beit Meir (Hebrew: בית מאיר, lit. 'House of Meir') is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Highway 1, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 678.[1]
History
[edit]Beit Meir was established on the land of the depopulated Arab Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950,[2][3] and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.[4]
Landmarks
[edit]- Masrek Nature Reserve[5]
- Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshiva for American post high-school students headed in the past by Rabbi D. Schecter[6] and as of 2024 by Rabbi Noach Victor.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 277, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ↑ Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949) Archived 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
- ↑ "From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve" at KKL/JNF website. Re-accessed 14 May 2024.
- ↑ "Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ Official website: "Rebbeim" (faculty). Accessed 14 May 2024.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beth Meir.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
