Nir Galim
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| Coordinates: 31°49′29″N 34°41′0″E / 31.82472°N 34.68333°E / 31.82472; 34.68333 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Yavne |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivors |
| Population (2024)1 | 1,251 |
Nir Galim (Hebrew: נִיר גַּלִּים, lit. 'Waves Meadow') is a religious moshav shitufi in south-central Israel, adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Located in the southern coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,251.1
History
The moshav was established in 1949, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Arab Suqrir, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.23
It was initially called Nir VeGal (Hebrew: ניר וגל, lit. 'Meadow and Wave'). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Central Europe, including a set of twins who survived Josef Mengele's experiments.4
The Testimony House for the Heritage of the Holocaust was established on the moshav in 2009.5
Notable residents
- Ofir Ben Shitrit, Orthodox Jewish singer6
- Yehuda Saado, Israeli singer
References
References
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 80. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii, settlement #130. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel (1992) Children of the Flames Penguin Books
- Bnei Akiva celebrates museum's recognition of its pre-state work in UK The Jerusalem Post
- Brown, Elicia (17 December 2013). "The Sound and the Fury". The New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 17 June 2018.