Population (2015) 445 | Founded 1949 Local time Sunday 2:23 PM | |
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Kerem Ben Zimra (Hebrew: כֶּרֶם בֶּן זִמְרָה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Safed in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 445.
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Map of Kerem Ben Zimra, Israel
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Turkey on the site of the depopulated Arab village of al-Ras al-Ahmar. Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz (1924–1995), a kabbalist and the first rabbi of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, was among the founders of the moshav, which was named after Rabbi David Ben Zimra, who was buried with his father Yosef nearby.
New immigrants from Romania and Morocco later joined the moshav.
Kerem Ben Zimra nature reserve
In 1968 a 68-dunam nature reserve was declared on the land south of the moshav. Flora includes Mt. Atlas mastic trees, Valonia oaks, Palestine Oaks, Buckthorns, and Styrax officinalis.