Yad Binyamin

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Yad Binyamin (Template:Langx, lit. Binyamin Memorial)[1] is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council, it is located adjacent to the junction of three major highways: Highway 3, Highway 6, and Highway 7. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations

History

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Yad Binyamin cultural center

The land had been used as a Ma'abara Nativa which was abandoned as a religious settlement and educational center in 1962 by Poalei Agudat Yisrael, in partnership with the municipality of Nahal Sorek.[2] It was named after the former Minister of Postal Services, Binyamin Mintz, who had died the previous year.[3] For many years, the community was a center of higher Jewish learning, based around the yeshiva.

Following the disengagement plan, around 200 families from Gush Katif moved into temporary pre-fabricated housing in Yad Binyamin. Some later moved to a new village named Ganei Tal after the former settlement by the same name.[4] Many other families have moved to Netzer Hazani.[5]

The community has a neighborhood, called Ahuzat Yonatan, that is for people ages 55 and older. The neighborhood has approximately 160 apartments as well as a shared building containing a synagogue.[6]

Transportation

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References

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External links

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