Beit Nehemia

Beit Nehemia (Hebrew: בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה, lit. House of Nehemiah) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 893.[1]

Beit Nehemia
בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה‎
Etymology: House of Nehemiah
Beit Nehemia is located in Central Israel
Beit Nehemia
Beit Nehemia
Beit Nehemia is located in Israel
Beit Nehemia
Beit Nehemia
Coordinates: 31°58′38″N 34°57′17″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded1950
Population
 (2021)[1]
893

History

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Beit Nehemia was the site of the Arab village of Beit Nabala. It belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[2]

The village was established in 1950 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Beit Nabala[3] by Jewish immigrants from Persia. It was named after the Biblical prophet Nehemiah, who left Persia for Israel like the modern founders.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Marom, Roy (2022). "Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period". Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod. 8: 103–136.
  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. 366. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.113, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  5. Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.26-27
  6. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.11, ISBN 965-220-423-4

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