District Central Area 100 ha | Founded 7 October 1957 Local time Sunday 7:22 PM | |
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Name meaning Sons of Akiva Yosef Schlezinger Weather 15°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
Bnei Ayish (Hebrew: בְּנֵי עַיִ"שׁ) is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. Located around ten kilometers from Ashdod and adjacent to Gedera, it had a population of 6,920 in 2015.
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Map of Bnei Ayish, Israel
History
The town was founded in 1957 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Yasur. Before 1948, the area had served as a military base for British Army troops during the Mandate era. It was named after Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlezinger, whose name is abbreviated to Ayish.
Bnei Ayish originally served as a transit camp for immigrants from Yemen in the early 1950s. Today its population is almost entirely made up of Jews of Yemenite descent and immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
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