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Gan Sorek גַּן שׂוֹרֵק‎
Gan Sorek
Coordinates: 31°56′39″N 34°45′36″E / 31.94417°N 34.76000°E / 31.94417; 34.76000
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gan Raveh
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1950
Founded by	Polish and Romanian Jews
Population	703

Gan Sorek (Hebrew: גַּן שׂוֹרֵק, lit. 'Sorek Garden') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain, approximately four kilometres southwest of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 703.

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin, and was named after the nearby Nahal Sorek.

References

1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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. 403. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
3. Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.

• Gan Raveh Regional Council
• Moshavim
• Populated places established in 1950
• Populated places in Central District (Israel)
• Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
• Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel
• 1950 establishments in Israel