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Even Yehuda

Coordinates: 32°16′12.09″N 34°53′14.74″E / 32.2700250°N 34.8874278°E / 32.2700250; 34.8874278
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Even Yehuda
  • אֶבֶן יְהוּדָה‎
  • ايفن يهودا
Local council (from 1950)
Even Yehuda is located in Central Israel
Even Yehuda
Even Yehuda
Even Yehuda is located in Israel
Even Yehuda
Even Yehuda
Coordinates: 32°16′12.09″N 34°53′14.74″E / 32.2700250°N 34.8874278°E / 32.2700250; 34.8874278
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1932
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityMatan Katzman
Area
 • Total
8,398 dunams (8.398 km2 or 3.242 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
14,365
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Websitewww.even-yehuda.muni.il

Even Yehuda (Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְהוּדָה) is a town in the central Sharon region of Israel east of Netanya.[2] In 2022 it had a population of 14,365.[1]

History

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Even Yehuda is composed of the union of the towns (moshavot) of Even Yehuda, Kfar Tsur/Be’er Ganim, and Tel Tsur on 10,000 dunams the Hannuns sold in Ghabat Kufr Sur.[3]

Even Yehuda is named for Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, one of the leading figures in the revival of the Hebrew language. It was founded in December 1932 by the Bnei Benyamin society and the Notea corporation. The economy was based on citrus growing.

In 1950, Even Yehuda became a local council, as it was merged with the nearby villages of Be'er Ganim, founded in 1932 by workers of the Dead Sea Works, and Tel Tzur, founded in 1932 by teachers of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium led by Haim Boger. Be'er Ganim, originally named Kfar Tzur after the Arab village Ghabat Kafr Sur from which its lands had been purchased, was renamed into its present name in 1933,[4] after a well named Bir el-Ghanem (Arabic: بئر الغنم, lit. 'sheep well') which was located in the area.[5]

Nowadays, Even Yehuda is bordered on the east by Kadima, on the south-east by Tel Mond, on the north by Lev HaSharon, on the west by Netanya and on the south-west by Hof HaSharon.[2]

In 2007, the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel (WBAIS) moved to a new campus in Even Yehuda.[2]

Education

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Even Yehuda has three elementary schools – "Bachar" school (בכר), "Beit Avi" school (בית אב"י) and "Rishonim" school (ראשונים), all mamlachti schools.

There is a children's village in Even Yehuda called WIZO Canada Children's village (הדסים), which is a middle school and a high school. In the village there are several kindergartens and a Democratic school.

Local features

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  • "Sharonim Gardens" (בית גני שרונים) – an assisted living facility for senior citizens
  • a museum (מוזיאון הראשונים) about Even Yehuda's history and founders

Notable residents

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  • Bir Ghaneim 1878 1:63,360
    Bir Ghaneim 1878 1:63,360
  • Even Yehuda. August 1938
    Even Yehuda. August 1938
  • Even Yehuda 1944 1:20,000 (middle right)
    Even Yehuda 1944 1:20,000 (middle right)
  • War Memorial in Even Yehudi
    War Memorial in Even Yehudi

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Nahum-Halevy, Ranit (February 7, 2011). "It Takes a Village". Haaretz. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Marom, Roy. "The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendancy: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine)". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 23 (1): 95.
  4. ^ "⁨גנים ⁩ | ⁨דבר⁩ | 8 נובמבר 1933 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית".
  5. ^ "ספר השנה של העתונאים". 1945.
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