Beit Meir

Beit Meir (Hebrew: בֵּית מֵאִיר, lit. House of Meir) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem hills around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 818.[1]

Beit Meir
בֵּית מֵאִיר
بيت مئير
Beit Meir is located in Jerusalem
Beit Meir
Beit Meir
Beit Meir is located in Israel
Beit Meir
Beit Meir
Coordinates: 31°47′39″N 35°2′14″E
Country Israel
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1950
Population
 (2021)[1]
818

History

The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950,[2][3] and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.[4]

Landmarks

References

  1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  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. 277, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  4. Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949) Archived 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
  5. From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve
  6. "Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
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