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'''Tekoa''' ({{lang-he|תקוע}}) is a [[communal settlement (Israel)|communal settlement]] and [[Israeli settlement]] in the northern [[Judea]]n hills in the [[West Bank]]. The village was founded in 1977 on the top of a hill among ruins of the site of [[Tekoa (Biblical)|biblical Tekoa]], 5 miles south of [[Bethlehem]], and near [[Herodion]] ("Herod's Palace"). The town has developed a mixed population consisting of both [[Religious Zionist|religiously observant]] and [[Secular Jewish culture|secular]] residents, as well as many [[Aliyah#Aliyah from the Soviet Union and post-Soviet states|new immigrants from the Commonwealth of Independent States]]. Tekoa is within the municipal jurisdiction of the [[Gush Etzion Regional Council]]. |
'''Tekoa''' ({{lang-he|תקוע}}) is a [[communal settlement (Israel)|communal settlement]] and [[Israeli settlement]] in the northern [[Judea]]n hills in the [[West Bank]]. The village was founded in 1977 on the top of a hill among ruins of the site of [[Tekoa (Biblical)|biblical Tekoa]], 5 miles south of [[Bethlehem]], and near [[Herodion]] ("Herod's Palace"). The town has developed a mixed population consisting of both [[Religious Zionist|religiously observant]] and [[Secular Jewish culture|secular]] residents, as well as many [[Aliyah#Aliyah from the Soviet Union and post-Soviet states|new immigrants from the Commonwealth of Independent States]]. Tekoa is within the municipal jurisdiction of the [[Gush Etzion Regional Council]]. |
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Revision as of 21:44, 20 May 2008
Tekoa (Template:Lang-he) is a communal settlement and Israeli settlement in the northern Judean hills in the West Bank. The village was founded in 1977 on the top of a hill among ruins of the site of biblical Tekoa, 5 miles south of Bethlehem, and near Herodion ("Herod's Palace"). The town has developed a mixed population consisting of both religiously observant and secular residents, as well as many new immigrants from the Commonwealth of Independent States. Tekoa is within the municipal jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council.
The Tekoa Agro-Technology Farm that was established in 1986, and in 1989 was named Enterprise of the Year by the Israeli Journal of Agricultural Settlements.
Tekoa is home to a hesder yeshiva which is headed by Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. Menachem Froman, the town's controversial chief rabbi, also teaches at this local yeshiva.
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