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Nof Ayalon

Community settlement in central Israel

Summary

Community settlement in central Israel

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name	Nof Ayalon
image	File:Nof Ayalon1.jpg
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foundation	1994
founded_by	Yeshivat Sha'alvim
district	center
council	Gezer
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population
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pushpin_map	Israel jerusalem	pushpin_mapsize=250	pushpin_label_position=top
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Nof Ayalon () is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley near Sha'alvim, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Gezer Regional Council. In , it had a population of .

History

During the Ottoman period, the area belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.

The locality was established in 1994 by the administration of Yeshivat Sha'alvim.

Notable residents

Rachelle Fraenkel, teacher of rabbinic literature, yoetzet halacha
Naftali Fraenkel, 16-year-old son of Rachelle Fraenkel killed in the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers
Matanyahu Englman, State Comptroller and Ombudsman

References

Marom, Roy. (2022). "Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period". Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod.

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