Kfar Bilu
Encyclopedia
Kfar Bilu is a moshav
in central Israel
. Located between Rehovot
and Kiryat Ekron
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council
. In December 2010 it had a population of 1,318.
The moshav was founded in 1932 as part of the Settlement of the Thousand
plan by a group of workers known as the "Company of the South" , who had been preparing in Rehovot
. Its name commemorated fifty years since the first aliyah
of Bilu
members.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in central Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located between Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
and Kiryat Ekron
Kiryat Ekron
Kiryat Ekron or Qiryath Eqron is an Israeli town located on the coastal plain in the Central Region of Israel. Kiryat Ekron is named after the biblical Ekron, a major Philistine city that once existed at nearby Tel Mikne....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council
Gezer Regional Council
Gezer Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Established in 1949, it had a population of 20,700 in 2006.-List of settlements:The council covers five kibbutzim, 15 moshavim and five communal settlementsKibbutzim...
. In December 2010 it had a population of 1,318.
The moshav was founded in 1932 as part of the Settlement of the Thousand
Settlement of the Thousand
The Settlement of the Thousand refers to two separate Zionist plans to settle Jewish families on farms in Mandate Palestine. The first started in September 1926, the second in 1932...
plan by a group of workers known as the "Company of the South" , who had been preparing in Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
. Its name commemorated fifty years since the first aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
of Bilu
Bilu
Bilu was a movement whose goal was the agricultural settlement of the Land of Israel. "Bilu" is an acronym based on a verse from the Book of Isaiah "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה" Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha...
members.