| Kerem Maharal | |
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  Kerem Maharal | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′57″N 34°59′31″E / 32.64917°N 34.99194°E / 32.64917; 34.99194 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Hof HaCarmel |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Czechoslovak Jewish immigrants |
| Population | 749 |
Kerem Maharal (Hebrew: כֶּרֶם מַהֲרַ"ל, lit. 'Maharal Vineyard') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, on the southern side of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 749.
History
The moshav was established in 1949 by group of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Czechoslovakia, who immigrated to Israel with the help of the Aliya movement after World War II.
Kerem Maharal was named after legendary 16th century Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, also known by the Hebrew acronym "Maharal" (Moreinu HaRav Loew, translated as Our teacher, the Rabbi Loew). It was built on the site of the depopulated Palestinian Arab villages of Ijzim and Khirbat Al-Manara, which were captured by the Israel Defense Forces in Operation Shoter during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The residents lived in the Arab stone houses until the 1960s and some of the original structures remain today. A hotel in the moshav was previously a diwan or meeting house of Mas'ud al-Madi" of Ijzim, dating from the 18th century.
Notable residents
- Ami Ayalon, former head of Shin Bet
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 165. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Khalidi, 1992, p. 176
- ^ Ein-Gil, Ehud (September 14, 2006). "It takes a village". Haaretz. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- Rochelle A. Davis (2011). Palestinian Village Histories. Stanford University Press. p. 162.
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. pp. 154–156. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0.
| Hof HaCarmel Regional Council | |
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