Karmei Yosef
{{Short description|Community settlement in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Karmei Yosef
| image = Gezer0802.jpg
| caption = Karmei Yosef from Tel Gezer
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|כַּרְמֵי יוֹסֵף}}
| meaning = Yosef's Vineyards
| founded = 1984
| founded_by = Former residents of Ness Ziona and Rehovot
| district = center
| council = Gezer
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Karme Yosef}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|50|54|N|34|55|13|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.karmeyyosef.org/ www.karmeyyosef.org]
}}
Karmei Yosef ({{langx|he|כַּרְמֵי יוֹסֵף||Yosef's Vineyards}}) is a community settlement in the Judean foothills in central Israel.{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |title=A Home in Israel, with Eastern Influences |date=May 5, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/realestate/a-home-in-israel-with-eastern-influences.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 26, 2019}} Located in the Shephelah between Bet Shemesh and Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Karme Yosef}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Karmei Yosef was founded in 1984 by former residents of Ness Ziona and Rehovot, and was named after Yosef Sapir.{{cite news |last=Montefiore |first=Adam |title=Wine Talk: Heaven on Earth |date=January 30, 2013 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Food-And-Wine/Wine-Talk-Heaven-on-earth |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=April 26, 2019}} Karmei Yosef is spread out over approx. 1640 dunams (approx. 410 acres) 200–260 meters above sea level, and borders the Ayalon Valley to the North and the Meginim Forest to the South. Karmei Yosef is situated in the midst of agricultural lands, mostly vineyards growing grapes for wine and eating, as well as fruit and olive groves, covering some 7500 dunams (roughly 1875 acres).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Karmei Yosef is located near the ancient city of Gezer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.karmeyyosef.org/english.asp |title=CARMEI YOSEF – Located among the vineyards |access-date=2011-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317000639/http://www.karmeyyosef.org/english.asp |archive-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead }}
In July 2022 one person died when a sink hole opened up below a swimming pool.[https://www.timesofisrael.com/pool-sinkhole-victim-named-as-police-grill-owner-over-suspected-safety-failures/ Pool sinkhole victim named, as police grill owner over suspected safety failures], 21 July 2022, The Times of Israel
Notable residents
- Ida Nudel (born 1931), refusenik and activist
- Amos Yadlin
References
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External links
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- [http://www.karmeyyosef.org/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Gezer Regional Council}}
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Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1984