Kiryat Ye'arim
Kiryat Ye'arim
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים كريات يعاريم | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Qiryat Yˁarim |
• Also spelled | Kiryat Yearim (unofficial) |
Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 35°6′0″E / 31.80333°N 35.10000°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Government | |
• Head of Municipality | Yitzhak Ravitz |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 6,555 |
Name meaning | Town of forests |
Kiryat Ye'arim (
In 2022 it had a population of 6,555.Names
Kiryat Ye'arim
For the official name, see Biblical connection section.
Telz-Stone
Despite the official name of "Kiryat Ye'arim", the town is widely known as Telz-Stone, after the Telshe or Telz yeshiva, who had a branch there between 1977-79,[3] and American Greetings founder-chairman Irving I. Stone, who helped to finance the community's early development.[2]
Geography
Kiryat Ye'arim is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
Biblical connection
The modern town of Kiryat Ye'arim (Town of Forests) is named for the homonymous ancient city (common English spelling:
History
Six hundred
The modern community was established in 1973 by American ultra-Orthodox Jews.[6] A group of students and teachers of the American Telshe Yeshiva (Yeshivat Telz in Hebrew) were active there in 1977-79.[3]
Demography
According to the
Institutions
Kiryat Ye'arim is home to three Orthodox post-high school yeshivas aimed at foreign students, particularly from the U.S.: Neveh Zion, Keser Dovid and Yishrei Lev[7].[8]
It is also home to a
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b Nefesh B'Nefesh Community Profiles: Telz-Stone/Kiryat Yearim. [dead link], more precisely: Telz-Stone removed from page.
- ^ a b Rose, Binyamin. "The Prince of America's Torah Renaissance: An appreciation of Rav Mordechai Gifter, ztz"l, on his tenth yahrtzeit". Mishpacha, 29 December 2010, pp. 33–34.
- ^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Kiryat Ye'arim" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ "The Plot Thickens in Saga Between Hollywood Has-been and Haredi Community". Haaretz.
- ISBN 9780822391203– via Google Books.
- ^ "Yishrei Lev". Yishrei Lev. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Kiryat Yearim (Telz-Stone)". Nefesh B'Nefesh - Aliyahpedia. Retrieved 19 April 2016.