Giv'at Ko'ah

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Giv'at Ko'ah
גִּבְעַת כֹּ"חַ‎
A playground in Giv'at Ko'ah.
A playground in Giv'at Ko'ah.
Giv'at Ko'ah is located in Central Israel
Giv'at Ko'ah
Giv'at Ko'ah
Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 34°56′9.96″E / 32.03000°N 34.9361000°E / 32.03000; 34.9361000Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 34°56′9.96″E / 32.03000°N 34.9361000°E / 32.03000; 34.9361000
Grid position144/159 PAL
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
Founded byYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
903

Giv'at Ko'ah (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת כֹּ"חַ, lit. Hill of the Twenty Eight or Strength Hill) is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the south of Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 903.[1]

History[]

A memorial to the Alexandroni Brigade in Giv'at Ko'ah, Israel.[2]

The village was founded on 2 July 1950 by immigrants from Yemen.[3] It was named for the 28 soldiers (כ"ח is the Hebrew numerals for 28) from the Alexandroni Brigade who died in fighting at Qula during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[4] A monument to these soldiers is located on a hill about 3 km east of the village.[5]

Giv'at Ko'ah, along with Tirat Yehuda and Bareket, is located near the former Palestinian village of village of al-Tira, which was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[6]

Giv'at Ko'ah was also home to a group of Cochin Jews who emigrated from the village of Chendamangalam, India. In 2010, the Nehemiah Mott Synagogue was built in Giv'at Ko'ah, named after a Yemenite kabbalist revered by this community.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Alexandroni Cycling and Hiking Trail in Elad Forest Jewish National Fund
  3. ^ Mathilde A. Tagger; Yitzchak Kerem (2006). Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel. Avotaynu.
  4. ^ Talmi, Ephraim; Talmi, Menahem (September 1966). All the Land - A Geographical Lexicon of Israel (in Hebrew). Amichai Publishers. p. 117.
  5. ^ History Giv'at Ko'ah
  6. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 418. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  7. ^ Shalva Weil. "Where are Cochin Jews today?". cochinsyn.com.
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