Beit Yosef
בֵּית יוֹסֵף‎
Beit Yosef is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Beit Yosef
Beit Yosef
Beit Yosef is located in Israel
Beit Yosef
Beit Yosef
Coordinates: 32°33′31″N 35°33′6″E / 32.55861°N 35.55167°E / 32.55861; 35.55167
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilValley of Springs
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1937
Population
 (2021)[1]
488

Beit Yosef (Hebrew: בֵּית יוֹסֵף) is a moshav in the northern Israel's Beit She'an Valley. Located about eight kilometres north of Beit She'an, adjacent to Yardena, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. As of 2021 it had a population of 488.[1]

History

Beit Yosef was founded in 1937 as a tower and stockade settlement, a series of settlements erected during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.[2] It was named for Yosef Aharonovitch, an influential figure in the Labor Party and a journalist.[2] By 1947 it had a population of over 200.[2] Although it was abandoned during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after it was severely attacked by the Jordanian Arab Legion and Iraqi Army, it was re-established in 1951 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 24.
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