Ginaton
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| image = File:Ginaton.JPG
| caption = Entrance gate with a wood-carved street plan
| name = Ginaton
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|גִּנָּתוֹן}}
| founded = 1949
| founded_by = Bulgarian immigrants
| district = center
| council = Hevel Modi'in
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Ginnaton}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|57|45|N|34|54|51|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Ginaton ({{langx|he|גִּנָּתוֹן}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ginnaton}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Bulgaria, near the ancient site of Jindas, inhabited during the Late Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.{{Cite journal|last=Marom|first=Roy|title=Jindās at Lydda's Entrance: A Cornerstone of the Study of the City's Rural Hinterland (1459 – 1948) גִ'נְדַאס בשערה של לוד: אבן פינה לחקר העורף הכפרי של העיר 1948-1459|url=https://www.academia.edu/48820058/Jind%C4%81s_at_Lydda_s_Entrance_A_Cornerstone_of_the_Study_of_the_City_s_Rural_Hinterland_1459_1948_%D7%92%D6%B4%D7%A0%D6%B0%D7%93%D6%B7%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8_1948_1459|journal=לוד-דיוספוליס}}{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022-11-01 |title=Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE |url=https://www.academia.edu/90931976/Jind%C4%81s_A_History_of_Lyddas_Rural_Hinterland_in_the_15th_to_the_20th_Centuries_CE |journal=Lod, Lydda, Diospolis |volume=1 |pages=1-31}} Its name is taken from the Book of Nehemiah 10:7.[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b10.htm Nehemiah Chapter 10] Mechon MamreHanna Bitan (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem, Carta, p. 18, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Hungary, Iran, North Africa and Romania.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090109032206/http://www.batzirwines.com/Ginaton.aspx Ginaton winery : Israeli wine from Ginaton]
{{Hevel Modi'in Regional Council}}
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Category:1949 establishments in Israel
Category:Bulgarian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Hungarian-Jewish culture in Israel