Kerem Ben Zimra

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Kerem Ben Zimra (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />כֶּרֶם בֶּן זִמְרָה‎) is a moshav near Safed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.

Overview

The Arab village Al-Ras al-Ahmar on the site was depopulated in 1948.[1] The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Turkey, to whom immigrants were added from Romania and Morocco. Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz (1924–1995), a kabbalist and the first rabbi of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, was among the founders of the moshav.[2] The moshav is named after Rabbi David Ben Zimra, who was buried with his father Yosef near the moshav.

Kerem Ben Zimra nature reserve

In 1968 a 68-dunam nature reserve was declared[3] on the land south of the moshav. Flora includes Mt. Atlas mastic trees, Valonia oaks, Palestine Oaks, Buckthorns, and Styrax officinalis. [4]

References

  1. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5, p488.
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