Talmei Yosef
Talmei Yosef
תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף | |
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| Etymology: 'Yosef Furrows' | |
Talmei Yosef is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel Show map of Northwest Negev region of IsraelTalmei Yosef Talmei Yosef Talmei Yosef is located in Israel Show map of IsraelTalmei Yosef Talmei Yosef | |
| Coordinates: 31°12′0′′N 34°21′51′′E / 31.20000°N 34.36417°E / 31.20000; 34.36417 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founded by | Evacuated settlers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 331 |
Talmei Yosef (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף, lit. 'Yosef Furrows') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 331.[1]
History
[edit ]The moshav was established in 1982 by former residents of Talmei Yosef, an Israeli settlement in Sinai. The original settlement's residents were evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords, and re-settled in Israel, naming their new settlement after their previous one (after Yosef Weitz, a former director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund).[2]
In May 2015 Jewish National Fund Belgium established a green landscaping project around the local synagogue in memory of Yilona Nejszaten, one of the "hidden children" of the Holocaust.[3]
In 2005 a moshav resident opened an educational farm called the "Salad Trail."[4] Visitors see how Israel's agricultural technologies allow over 80 different crops, primarily fruits and vegetables, to grow in the desert soil – without pesticides.[5] [6]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 571. ISBN 978-965-7184-34-9.
- ^ "Belgian and French Solidarity Mission: Dedications in Tel Aviv and the Negev". Jewish National Fund . 21 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Salad Trail
- ^ Press, Viva Sarah (9 April 2015). "The salad trail – Israel's tastiest tourist attraction". Israel 21c. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Tal, Alon (Spring 2007). "To Make a Desert Bloom: The Israeli Agricultural Adventure and the Quest for Sustainability". Agricultural History. 81 (2): 228–257. doi:10.3098/ah.2007812.228. JSTOR 4617826. S2CID 144799795.