Emunim
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Emunim
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אֱמוּנִים}}
|arname=إمونيم
| image = Emunim.JPG
| caption = Sign at the entrance to the Moshav
| foundation = 1950
| founded_by = Egyptian Jewish immigrants and refugees
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = south
| council = Be'er Tuvia
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Emunim}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon#Israel| pushpin_mapsize = 250
|coordinates = {{coord|31|44|37|N|34|40|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
Emunim ({{langx|he|אֱמוּנִים}}, lit. the faithful) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Emunim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from Egypt, on the land of the depopulated Palestinian town of Bayt Daras.{{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|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=87}} The main source of income for the residents was animal and arable farming.
Like many of the other moshavim in the area, its name is symbolic and taken from the Tanakh, Psalm 31:23: "the Lord preserves the faithful".{{cite book |title=Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land |isbn=9789652201867 |language=en |publisher=Carta |edition=3rd |page=148 |location=Jerusalem, Israel |date=1993}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)