District Southern Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi Founded by Algerian Jews Local time Sunday 1:48 PM | Council Sdot Negev Founded 1950 Population (2015) 524 | |
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Weather 22°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 51% Humidity | ||
Yoshivia (Hebrew: יוֹשִׁבְיָה) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 524.
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Map of Yoshivia, Israel
History
The village was established in 1950 by immigrants from Algeria on land which had previously belonged to the abandoned Arab village of al-Muharraqa. It was named after Yoel Ben Yoshivia, a member of the Tribe of Simeon which lived in the area and mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:35;
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
References
Yoshivia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA