Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ,; Arabic: بيت شيمش; Latin: Bethsames, Beth Shamesh or Bethshamesh in English translations of the Hebrew Bible) is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of 94,100 in 2013. The history of Beit Shemesh goes back to pre-biblical times.
Population: 67,100
Latitude: 31° 43' 50.59" N
Longitude: 34° 59' 34.55" E
Karmei Yosef (Hebrew: כַּרְמֵי יוֹסֵף, lit. Yosef's Vineyards, also spelled Carmey Yosef) is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Ramle and Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council.
Gymnasia Rehavia (Hebrew: גמנסיה רחביה) is a high school in the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel.
Givat Oranim (Hebrew: גבעת אורנים) is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem, Israel, bordered by Katamon, Rassco, San Simon and Kiryat Shmuel.
Givat Massuah (Hebrew: גבעת משואה) (lit. "Beacon Hill") is a new neighborhood in the southwest outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel, overlooking Malha and Emek Lavan Valley. It has a population of 1,100 families, mainly Jews, secular and orthodox.
Givat Beit HaKerem (Hebrew: גבעת בית הכרם lit. Beit HaKerem’s Hills) is a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, "built 1963".
Gimzo (Hebrew: גִּמְזוֹ) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located between Lod and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.
The Forest of the Martyrs (Hebrew: יער הקדושים) (Ya'ar HaKdoshim) is a forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel. It is on the western edge of Eshtaol Forest near Beit Meir.
Teperberg 1870 Winery (Hebrew: יקב טפרברג 1870) is a winery near kibbutz Tzora in the foothills of the Judean hills, Israel.
in 1881 by Yehoshua Leib Diskin. From the Jewish Quarter, it moved to Street of the Prophets outside the walls of the Old City. In 1927, it moved to a new building in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, near the main entrance to the city from the west.
Deir Rafat (Arabic: دير رفات, Hebrew: דיר ראפאת) is a Catholic monastery and former Palestinian Arab village in central Israel, 26 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Located to the northwest of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yeh…
Dayr al-Shaykh (Arabic: دير الشيخ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, also known as the Jerusalem corridor. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The Central Zionist Archives (CZA; Hebrew: הארכיון הציוני המרכזי) is the official archives of the institutions of the Zionist Movement: the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency, the Jewish National Fund, and Keren Hayesod/the United Israel …
The Bukharan Quarter (Hebrew: שכונת הבוכרים) (Shkhunat HaBukharim) is a neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem, Israel. Many of the residents today are Haredi Jews.
Brenner Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית ברנר, Mo'atza Azorit Brenner), is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. It is located in the coastal plain, in the vicinity of Rehovot and Yavne.
Bikur Cholim Hospital (Hebrew: בית החולים ביקור חולים) is a 200-bed general hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. It is best known for its obstetrics and cardiac departments. The hospital also operates a modern neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatrics d…
Beit Ijza (Arabic: ﻴﺕِﺒ ﺍﺯﺇﺠ, also spelled Bayt Ijza; Hebrew: בית איג'זא) is a village in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank with an area of 2,526 dunams.
Allenby Square, a name commemorating Field Marshal Edmund Allenby who commanded the British forces which captured Palestine in the First World War, has been bestowed at different times on two different squares in Jerusalem.
Adora (Hebrew: אֲדוֹרָה, also Adorah) is an Israeli settlement and a communal village in the Judean Mountains in the southern West Bank, northwest of Hebron. Established in 1984, the community ideologically identifies with the Herut–Betar farming or…