Beit Meir
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Beit Meir
| hebname = בית מאיר
| meaning = House of Meir
| image = File:BethMeirBaytMahsirOct072022.jpg
| foundation = 1950
| founded_by =
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Bet Me'ir}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi
| pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|47|38|N|35|02|14|E|display=inline, title}}
}}
Beit Meir ({{langx|he|בית מאיר||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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bet Me'ir}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Beit Meir was established on the land of the depopulated Arab Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |authorlink=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=xxi}}{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=277}} and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.[http://www.jewishagency.org/leaders/content/25972 Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520060039/http://www.jewishagency.org/leaders/content/25972 |date=2019-05-20 }} Jewish Agency for Israel
Landmarks
- Masrek Nature Reserve[https://kkl-jnf.org/hiking_and_walking_tracks/masrek-nature-reserve/ "From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve"] at KKL/JNF website. Re-accessed 14 May 2024.
- Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshiva for American post high-school students headed in the past by Rabbi D. Schecter{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohryerushalayim.org.il/ |title=Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim |access-date=2007-12-19 |archive-date=2008-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121092948/http://www.ohryerushalayim.org.il/ |url-status=dead }} and as of 2024 by Rabbi Noach Victor.[https://www.ohryerushalayim.com/rebbeim Official website: "Rebbeim" (faculty)]. Accessed 14 May 2024.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Beth Meir}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216154713/http://yoy.org.il/template.php?section=IW Hamasrek winery]
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Religious Israeli communities
Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District
Category:1950 establishments in Israel