Bnei Re'em
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
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| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|בְּנֵי רְאֵ"ם}}
| foundation = 1949
| founded_by = Eastern European immigrants and Yemenite Jewish refugees
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Nahal Sorek
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| population = {{Israel populations|Bene Re'em}}
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| affiliation = Poalei Agudat Yisrael
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Bnei Re'em ({{langx|he|בְּנֵי רְאֵ"ם}}, lit. Sons of Re'em) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bene Re'em}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
The moshav is named for the Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter.{{cite news |last1=Avrahami |first1=Reli |last2=Avrahami |first2=Avner |date=March 25, 2011 |title=Family Affair: The Speyers of Bnei Re'em |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5141980 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=April 24, 2019}} "Re'em" is a Hebrew acronym.
History
Bnei Re'em was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and Jewish refugees from Yemen on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.{{cite book|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|page=125|isbn=0-88728-224-5}} Until a pump was installed that worked on an automated sabbath clock, an Arab family that lived in the area served as a Sabbath Goy.Júlia Todolí Rosana Dolón (2008) Analysing Identities in Discourse, John Benjamins Publishing Company, p102 {{ISBN|90-272-2719-5}}
References
{{Commons category|Bnei Re'em}}
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{{Nahal Sorek Regional Council}}
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Category:Religious Israeli communities
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)