Rameh
Rameh
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Local council (from 2005) | |
Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Ráma |
• Also spelled | Rame (official) al-Rama (unofficial) |
Coordinates: 32°56′21″N 35°22′02″E / 32.93917°N 35.36722°E | |
Grid position | 184/260 PAL |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Area | |
• Total | 6,118 dunams (6.118 km2 or 2.362 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 7,798 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "Lofty" or "Elevated"[2] |
Rameh (
A village council was established for Rameh under the British in 1922, of the first in
The village is well known for its diverse cuisine, which draws many visitors from across the country. It is also noteworthy for being surrounded by vast olive groves and for producing high-quality olive oil.[3][4]
Location
The village is situated on an ancient site, atop a hill at the edge of Beit HaKerem Valley.
History
Late antiquity
Rameh features ruins of several structures dating from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. To the east are remains of Roman baths, dating to the 2nd to 4th century, and oil presses from the same period. South and southeast of the village, remains of building foundations were discovered, including an Aramaic inscription on a lintel, which indicate a 3rd to 4th-century synagogue.[6][7] The inscription, consisting of two uneven lines of roughly incised Jewish script, is accompanied by reliefs depicting two cherub-like figures flanking a wreath. The text translates to "Remembered for the good be Rabbi ʾElʿazar son of Peraḥiah(?) and his sons … the gate …".[8]
To the northeast of the Roman bath are the remains of a large basilica. It was excavated in 1972 and very large column bases were found, together with polychrome mosaics representing fauna and flora.[6][7]
Many remains of pottery vessels dated to the Late Roman period (4th–5th centuries CE) have also been found,[9] together with building remains from the Byzantine period.[10]
Ottoman period
In 1517, Rameh was with the rest of Palestine incorporated into the
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as "Ramah".[14] Rameh was entirely destroyed in the Galilee earthquake of 1837, with 180 of its inhabitants killed.[15] The following year, Rameh was noted as Christian and Druze village in the Shaghur district, located between Safed, Acre and Tiberias.[16][17] Victor Guérin visited the village in 1875, and found it to have 800 inhabitants, half Christian and half Druze.[18] In 1881 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a village, built of stone, of good materials, containing a Greek chapel and about 600 Christians and 500 Druzes; it is situated in plains, with large olive-groves, gardens and vineyards; five perennial springs near the village, and several cisterns in it."[19] A population list from about 1887 showed that Rameh had about 1,125 inhabitants; 575 Muslims, 425 Druze and 125 Greek Catholics.[20]
British Mandatory period
Under the
In the 1945 statistics Rameh had a population of 1,690; 1,160 Christians, 440 "others"(Druze), and 90 Muslims.[25] with 24,516 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[26] Of this, 8,310 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 3,078 used for grains,[27] while 56 dunams were built-up land.[28]
State of Israel
Rameh was captured by Israeli forces from the
In 1954 a local council was appointed to administer Rameh's local affairs.[32] Members of the 13-council were elected for the first time in 1959.[32] In 1989 Fathinah Hana was elected head of Rameh's local council, one of three Arab women elected heads of municipal or local councils in Israel, the other two being Samiyah Hakhim in Nazareth and Nahidah Shehadeh in Kafr Yasif; before them, only one Arab woman in Israel had been elected to the position, Violet Khoury of Kafr Yasif in 1979–1988.[33] Rameh is home of the Abu Latifs, a Druze crime family which operate mainly in the north, and one of main three Arab crime organizations in Israel.[34]
Demography
53% of the residents of Rameh are
Writing in the 1960s, the historian Jacob Landau noted that Rameh was "distinguished by its high level of education and standard of living, expressed in the home, dress and general behaviour".
Notable people
In alphabetical order by surname, article excluded:
- Mira Awad (born 1975), singer, actress, and songwriter
- Lady Kul El-Arab" documentary film; born in Rameh
- Basel Ghattas (born 1956), politician, Balad party, member of the Knesset (2013–2015-...)
- Jacob Hanna, biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science who make the first synthetic embryos
- Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia(born 1965), clergyman, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Reem Kassis, Palestinian culinary writer whose father was from Rameh[38]
- Hanna Mwais (1913–1981), politician, member of the Knesset for Hadash (1977–1981)
- Elias Nakhleh (1913–1990), politician, member of the Knesset (1959–1974)
- Samih al-Qasim (1939–2014), poet of Palestinian Druze descent
See also
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 92
- ^ "האם שמן הזית הטוב בעולם נמצא בכפר ראמה? לפי תושביו התשובה היא כן". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ "אוכל גלילי אותנטי, ערק ייחודי ומטבח בולגרי. כל הסיבות לבקר בראמה". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ Robinson, 1856, pp. 64-65.
- ^ ISSN 0031-0328.
- ^ a b Dauphin 1998, p. 705
- ISBN 978-3-11-071577-4, retrieved 2024-02-07
- ^ Cinamon, 2009, Er-Rama
- ^ Dalali-Amos 2011, Er-Rama
- ^ Rhode 1979, p. 145 for the silk tax, and p. 5 for the date.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 190
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied from Safad Sanjak was not from 1595/96, but from 1548/49.
- ^ Karmon 1960, p. 166
- ^ The earthquake of 1 January 1837 in Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel by N. N. Ambraseys, in Annali di Geofisica, Aug. 1997, p. 933
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. 133
- ^ Robinson and Smith 1841, vol. 3,p. 250
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 453
- ^ Conder and Kitchener 1881, p. 204
- ^ Schumacher 1888, p. 174
- ^ Tsimhoni 1984, p. 192, note 127.
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. 36
- ^ Barron 1923, Table XVI, p. 50
- ^ Mills 1932, p. 102
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 81
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 131
- ^ Morris, pp. 476–478.
- ^ a b c d Morris, p. 477.
- ^ Mansour 2004, p. 219.
- ^ a b c d e Landau 2016, p. 167.
- ^ Herzog 1999, p. 175.
- ^ Breiner, Josh (8 November 2021). "The Fight Against Arab Organized Crime Groups Aims to Hit Them in the Pocketbook". Haaretz.
- ^ Ettinger, Yair (2003-05-13). "Urban Plan Seen as Racist Move in Arab Sector". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "The Druze population in Israel - a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday" (PDF). CBS - Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. April 17, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Betts 1988, p. 142.
- ^ Bouarrouj, Khelil (5 January 2018). "Book Review | "The Palestinian Table," by Reem Kassis". Palestine Square. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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- Herzog, Hanna (1999). Gendering Politics: Women in Israel. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-10945-6.
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External links
- Welcome To al-Rama
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Rame, Dov. Gutterman
- Best Olive Oil in the world NYT on Rameh history and oil
- Khalaf Olives from Rameh Khalaf Olives Deep History