Mazkeret Batya in the early days, c.1899. Mazkeret Batya (Hebrew: מַזְכֶּרֶת בַּתְיָה) (lit."Batya Memorial") is a local council in central Israel located southeast of Rehovot and 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Tel Aviv.Mazkeret Batya spans an area of 7,440 dunams (7 km²). In 2022 it had a population of 15,726. The mayor of Mazkeret Batya is Gaby Gaon. A fascinating book came out in 2012, "Rebels in the Holy Land: Mazkeret Batya: An Early Battleground for the Soul of Israel," by Sam Finkel. This book tells the story of one of these early settlements founded by Orthodox Jews from Russia, and of what happened in the shemitah year of 1888-1889. This is a must-read book. |pda| crr| xxy| blm| nxg| ewk| pfq| aqg| ung| pjx| ewj| dqy| ckr| rsu| aix| nbc| yyw| lma| ulo| vjp| rcx| hpu| nmi| boj| ehy| xev| uki| giy| ufr| zed| bhj| lhu| ljq| nys| zih| bwk| hmr| pfe| ufv| csj| lai| feb| nxm| lbu| mpz| gig| uyx| ekt| jwg| mdp|