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Moshav in central Israel Place in Central, Israel
Shdema שְׁדֵמָה‎
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Coordinates: 31°49′49″N 34°44′28″E / 31.83028°N 34.74111°E / 31.83028; 34.74111
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGederot
RegionShephelah
Founded1954
Founded byIranian Jews
Population586

Shdema (Hebrew: שְׁדֵמָה) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Gedera in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 586.

History

The moshav was founded in 1954 to absorb immigrants to Israel from Iran, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit. After the group refused to live there, it was populated by urban residents who chose to live an agricultural cooperative lifestyle and arrived as part of the movement "from city to village."

The word "Shdema", which appears infrequently in the Hebrew Bible, means "field of produce". The original name was "Yefe Nof" (Hebrew: יפה נוף).

Notable people

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. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Shdema Gederot Regional Council
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