Talmei Yosef

Talmei Yosef (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף‎, lit. Yosef Furrows) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 329.[1]

For the former Israeli settlement, see Talmei Yosef, Sinai
Talmei Yosef

תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף‎
تلمي يوسف
Talmei Yosef
Talmei Yosef
Coordinates: 31°12′0″N 34°21′51″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1982
Founded byEvacuated settlers
Population
 (2019)[1]
329
Name meaning'Yosef Furrows'

History

The moshav was established in 1982 by former residents of Talmei Yosef, an Israeli settlement in Sinai. The original settlement's residents were evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords, and re-settled in Israel, naming their new settlement after their previous one (after Yosef Weitz, a former director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund).[2]

In May 2015, KKL Belgium established a green landscaping project around the local synagogue in memory of Yilona Nejszaten, one of one the "hidden children" of the Holocaust.[3]

In 2005, one moshav resident opened an educational farm called the "Salad Trail."[4] Visitors see how Israel's agricultural technologies allow over 80 different crops, primarily fruits and vegetables, to grow in the desert soil – without pesticides.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 571. ISBN 978-965-7184-34-9.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Belgian and French Solidarity Mission: Dedications in Tel Aviv and the Negev". Jewish National Fund. May 21, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. Salad Trail
  5. Press, Viva Sarah (April 9, 2015). "The salad trail – Israel's tastiest tourist attraction". Israel 21c. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  6. Tal, Alon (Spring 2007). "To Make a Desert Bloom: The Israeli Agricultural Adventure and the Quest for Sustainability". Agricultural History. 81 (2): 228–257. doi:10.3098/ah.2007.81.2.228. JSTOR 4617826.
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