Bar Giora
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Bar Giora
|hebname=בר גיורא
|arname=بار جيورا
| image = BarGioraJan102022.jpg
| imgsize = 270px
| foundation = 18 October 1950
| founded_by = Yemenite Jews
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| affiliation = Mishkei Herut Beitar
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Bar Giyyora}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|43|46|N|35|4|20|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Bar Giora ({{Langx|he|בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא}}) is a moshav in the Judean Mountains in Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bar Giyyora}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was initially founded by the Herut movement on 18 October 1950 by immigrants from Yemen, and was first named Allar-Bet, later to be called Ramat Shimon.Herut (newspaper), issues: 20 October 1950, [http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/?action=tab&tab=browse&pub=HRT&_ga=2.159460669.1007036492.1533565744-103962606.1499352479#panel=document page 8] (Hebrew); 3 December 1951, [http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/?action=tab&tab=browse&pub=HRT&_ga=2.159460669.1007036492.1533565744-103962606.1499352479#panel=document page 2] (Hebrew) It was established on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Allar, which became depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It is situated northeast of the Allar village site.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first=W.|last=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=266}}
The village was also called Eitanim, until residents eventually settled on the name Bar-Giora, after Simon Bar Giora. The Yemenite immigrants, dissatisfied with conditions in their new village, abandoned the village after a short stint of 2–3 years, and in 1954 the village was resettled by immigrants from Morocco.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
Attractions
The village is home to the Sea Horse and Bar Giora wineries.{{cite web |last1=Gilad |first1=Moshe |title=How Israeli Wine Caught Up to France, Italy and California |url=https://www.haaretz.com/food/.premium-israeli-wine-comes-of-age-1.5288577 |website=Haaretz |accessdate=2 January 2019 |language=en |date=11 November 2013}}{{cite web |title=Bar Giora Winery – A Visit and Tasting Notes {{!}} Israeli Wines – Pride of Israel |url=https://winesisrael.com/en/782/bar-giora-winery-a-visit-and-tasting-notes/ |website=winesisrael.com |accessdate=2 January 2019}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Bar Giora}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024911/http://www.seahorsewines.com/suson-catalogue%20new%202008.pdf Sea Horse Wines, Bar Giora]
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Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District