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'''Menahemia''' ({{lang-he-n|מְנַחֶמְיָה}}) is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern [[Israel]]. Located near [[Highway 90 (Israel)|Highway 90]] between [[Beit She'an]] and [[Tzemah Junction]] around 5 km south of [[Tzemah]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Valley of Springs Regional Council]]. With an area of 6,000 [[dunam]]s, the village had a population of 1,000 in 2007.
'''Menahemia''' ({{langx|he|מְנַחֶמְיָה}}) is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern [[Israel]]. Located near [[Highway 90 (Israel–Palestine)|Highway 90]] between [[Beit She'an]] and [[Tzemah Junction]] 5&nbsp;km south of [[Tzemah]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Valley of Springs Regional Council]]. With an area of 6,000 [[dunam]]s, the village had a population of {{Israel populations|Menahemya}} in {{Israel populations|Year}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}


==History==
The village was established on December 23–26, 1901 as a [[moshava]] under the name '''Milhamia'''by the five first families on land purchased in southern Jordan Valley, and was the first [[Jew]]ish settlement of its time.{{dubious|date=June 2010}} It was renamed Menahemia in 1921 after the father of [[High Commissioner]] of [[British Mandate of Palestine|the British Mandate of Palestine]] [[Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel]].
The village was established on 23–26 December 1901 as a [[moshava]] under the name ''Milhamia'' ({{langx|he|מלחמיה}}) by the five first families on land purchased by the [[Jewish Colonisation Association]] (ICA) in the [[Jordan Valley]], and was the first [[Jewish]] settlement of its time in that region.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Said&Hitchens|first1=Edward, Christopher|title=Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question|date=2001|publisher=Verso|isbn=1859843409|page=217}}</ref> It was renamed Menahemia in 1921 after the father of [[High Commissioner]] of [[Mandatory Palestine]] [[Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel]].


The village attracted new immigrants from [[Yemen]] during its nascent years, but because of cultural differences with the older residents, the Yemenites moved out and settled in the Shaʿaraim neighborhood of [[Rehovot]].<ref>[http://www.rehovot-archive.org.il/Doc.asp?MenuID=968&DynamicContentID=1158 The Archives of the History of Rehovot] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190213183724/http://www.rehovot-archive.org.il/Doc.asp?MenuID=968&DynamicContentID=1158 |date= 2019-02-13 }}, Yemenite immigrants to Menahemia (Hebrew)</ref>
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It had its own [[Local council (Israel)|local council]] from 1951 onwards, but on 1 January 2006 jurisdiction over the village was transferred to Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.


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Before World War I, regional pharmacies were established in Menahemia. Other industries included a quarry, where they quarried raw materials for the "Nesher" factory near Haifa, and a gypsum manufacturing plant. There also existed a museum for the medical history of the region, and the history of Menahemia and [[Naharayim]].
File:Al-Dalhamiyya in VanDeVeldeMap5 (cropped).jpg|The area in 1858; the area of Menahemia was known as el-Bukaa Medhami, which was south of [[al-'Ubaydiyya]], west of [[al-Dalhamiyya]], and north of [[Jisr el-Majami]]
File:מנחמיה - מראה כללי.-JNF045300.jpeg|Menahemia 1920
File:מנחמיה - בגורן של המושבה עובדים פועלים ערבים ועוזרים לאיכרים המשתמשים במכונות חקלאיות חדישית-JNF036348.jpeg|Arab labourers threshing, Menahemia, 1947
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==Economy==
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Before [[World War I]], a regional pharmacy was established in Menahemia. Other industries included a quarry, where they quarried raw materials for the [[Nesher]] cement factory near Haifa, and a gypsum manufacturing plant. There was also a museum for the medical history of the region, and the history of Menahemia and [[Naharayim]].

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Menahemia had its own [[Local council (Israel)|local council]] from 1951 until 1 January 2006 when jurisdiction over the village was transferred to [[Beit She'an Valley Regional Council]].

==See also==
*[[Benny Shalita]]


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="cbs-loc">{{cite web|title=Locality File|year=2008|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/ishuv2008/bycode.xls|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|format=XLS|accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref>
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{{Valley of Springs Regional Council}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1901]]
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[[Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:1901 establishments in the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel]]

Latest revision as of 02:01, 1 November 2024

Menahemia
מְנַחֶמְיָה‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • standardMenahemya
Menahemia is located in Northeast Israel
Menahemia
Menahemia
Coordinates: 32°40′4″N 35°33′14″E / 32.66778°N 35.55389°E / 32.66778; 35.55389
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilValley of Springs
Founded1901
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,065

Menahemia (Hebrew: מְנַחֶמְיָה) is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern Israel. Located near Highway 90 between Beit She'an and Tzemah Junction 5 km south of Tzemah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. With an area of 6,000 dunams, the village had a population of 1,065 in 2022.[1]

History

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The village was established on 23–26 December 1901 as a moshava under the name Milhamia (Hebrew: מלחמיה) by the five first families on land purchased by the Jewish Colonisation Association (ICA) in the Jordan Valley, and was the first Jewish settlement of its time in that region.[2] It was renamed Menahemia in 1921 after the father of High Commissioner of Mandatory Palestine Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel.

The village attracted new immigrants from Yemen during its nascent years, but because of cultural differences with the older residents, the Yemenites moved out and settled in the Shaʿaraim neighborhood of Rehovot.[3]

  • The area in 1858; the area of Menahemia was known as el-Bukaa Medhami, which was south of al-'Ubaydiyya, west of al-Dalhamiyya, and north of Jisr el-Majami
    The area in 1858; the area of Menahemia was known as el-Bukaa Medhami, which was south of al-'Ubaydiyya, west of al-Dalhamiyya, and north of Jisr el-Majami
  • Menahemia 1920
    Menahemia 1920
  • Arab labourers threshing, Menahemia, 1947
    Arab labourers threshing, Menahemia, 1947

Economy

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Before World War I, a regional pharmacy was established in Menahemia. Other industries included a quarry, where they quarried raw materials for the Nesher cement factory near Haifa, and a gypsum manufacturing plant. There was also a museum for the medical history of the region, and the history of Menahemia and Naharayim.

Menahemia had its own local council from 1951 until 1 January 2006 when jurisdiction over the village was transferred to Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Menahemia.
  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Said&Hitchens, Edward, Christopher (2001). Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question. Verso. p. 217. ISBN 1859843409.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ The Archives of the History of Rehovot Archived 2019-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Yemenite immigrants to Menahemia (Hebrew)
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