Neve Michael

Neve Michael

Neve Michael as viewed from the Elah Valley
Neve Michael
Coordinates: 31°40′24.6″N 35°0′27.35″E / 31.673500°N 35.0075972°ECoordinates: 31°40′24.6″N 35°0′27.35″E / 31.673500°N 35.0075972°E
Council Mateh Yehuda
Region Shephelah
Affiliation Hitahdut HaIkarim
Founded 1958
Founded by Persian Jews

Neve Michael (Hebrew: נְוֵה מִיכָאֵל, lit. Michael's Haven)[1] is a cooperative small holder's agricultural village (moshav) in central Israel, built upon an eminence in the far south-east end of the Elah Valley. Located to the south of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2013 it had a population of 591.

History

The village was established in 1958 by Kurdish immigrants from Iran on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Nattif.[2] Following the 1948 war, the land had been used as a military outpost, but the base was later abandoned.

The moshav was originally named Roglit (Hebrew: רוֹגְלִית), meaning "tiller [of the grapevine]", but later its named changed to Neve Michael, in memory of American philanthropist, Michael M. Weiss of South Orange, N.J. (USA), who donated liberally to the Jewish National Fund (KKL). The founders were joined by immigrants from North Africa, mainly Morocco.[3]

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  1. ↑ English translation follows the Judeo-Arabic translation of the Hebrew "neve" = מאוא (مأوى), in Jeremiah 50:7, published in Yosef Tobi's Poetry, Judeo-Arabic Literature and the Geniza, Tel-Aviv 2006, p. 59 (Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 212. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ About Neve Michael Homee (Hebrew)