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{{Infobox Israel municipalitysettlement
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'''Mazkeret Batya''' ({{lang-langx|he-n|מַזְכֶּרֶת בַּתְיָה}}) (lit. "Batya Memorial") is a town[[Local council (Israel)|local council]] in [[Central District (Israel)|central]] [[Israel]] located southeast of [[Rehovot]] and {{convert|25|km|mi}} from [[Tel- Aviv]]. Mazkeret Batya spans an area of 7,440 [[dunam]]s (7&nbsp;km²<sup>2</sup>). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mazkeret Batya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} The mayor of Mazkeret Batya is MeirGaby DahanGaon.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.mazkeret-batya.muni.il/index.php?id=2 |title=Mazkeret Batya website] |access-date=2009-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025230837/http://www.mazkeret-batya.muni.il/index.php?id=2 |archive-date=2009-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==History==
Mazkeret Batya, initially Ekron, was established on November 7, 1883 by 11 pioneersultra-Orthodox Jewish farmers from Russia, andone 7of them localYaakov JewsLaskovsky. It was originally called '''Ekron''', the first agricultural settlement of the [[Hovevei Zion]] movement. The land was purchased by [[Edmond James de Rothschild|Baron Rothschild]] in an early attempt to introduce Jewish farming in Palestine. Rabbi [[Shmuel Mohilever]] was instrumental in mobilizing funding and organizing the settlers. Mohilever's remains were later reinterred in the Mazkeret Batya cemetery. In 1887 the name was changed to Mazkeret Batya, in memory of Betty Solomon de Rothschild, mother of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild.
 
The land was purchased by [[Edmond James de Rothschild|Baron Rothschild]] to promote Jewish agriculture in Palestine. Rabbi [[Shmuel Mohilever]] was instrumental in mobilizing funding and organizing the settlers. Mohilever's remains were later reinterred in the Mazkeret Batya cemetery. In 1887 the name was changed to Mazkeret Batya, in memory of Betty Solomon de Rothschild, mother of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. The history of the founding is described in the book "Rebels in the Holy Land", by the historian Sam Finkle where he writes about the community's struggle to uphold the laws of the sabbatical year despite fierce opposition.
The economy of the village was originally based on dry farming, which continued even after the [[Mekorot]] Company constructed a pipeline to bring water from [[Rehovot]].<ref name="JNF 1948">{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=[[Jewish National Fund]] | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=41}}</ref> In 1947, Mazkeret Batya was home to 475 people.<ref name="JNF 1948" />▼
 
▲The economy of the village was originally based on dry farming, which continued even after the [[Mekorot]] Company constructed a pipeline to bring water from [[Rehovot]].<ref name="JNF 1948">{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=[[Jewish National Fund]] | author-link=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=41}}</ref> In 1947, Mazkeret Batya was home to 475 people.<ref name="JNF 1948" />
According to a [[1922 census of Palestine|census]] conducted in 1922 by the [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|British Mandate authorities]], Mazkeret Batya (then Ekron) had a population 368 Jews.<ref name="Census1922">[https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922]</ref> ▼
 
▲According to a [[1922 census of Palestine|census]] conducted in 1922 by the [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|British Mandate authorities]], Mazkeret Batya (then Ekron) had a population 368 Jews.<ref name="Census1922">[{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922]|title = Palestine Census ( 1922)}}</ref>
During the Mandate era, a Jewish police station was established in Mazkeret Batya to safeguard the local roads. In the [[1948 Arab Israeli War|War of Independence]], convoys to besieged Jerusalem left from Mazkeret Batya. A field hospital operated there to care for [[Haganah]] fighters wounded at [[Latrun]].<ref name="shimur.org">[http://www.shimur.org/english/article.php?id=33 Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205024407/http://www.shimur.org/english/article.php?id=33 |date=2009-12-05 }}</ref>
 
According to one source, at the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, the British tried to hand the nearby [[Aqir]] airfield and camp to the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian Arabs]], apparently without success.<ref name="JNF 1948" />
 
Due to its proximity to [[Tel Aviv]], Mazkeret Batya has recently experienced a growth spurt. Mazkeret Batya, isbecoming a mixed community of religious and secular Jews. Historic landmarks include Beit Ha'Itut (Signal House), the Great Synagogue, Beit Meshek HaBaron ("The Baron's Farmhouse", now housing a cultural center), the [[Sakia|saqiya]]-type water-rising system with its wooden wheels, well and pool, and an old farmyard.<ref name="shimur.org"/>
 
==Notable People==
[[Shira Elinav]], footballer
 
==Twin towns — sister cities==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090403180307/http://www.gesher-mazkeret-batya.org.il/ The "Gesher" community of Mazkeret Batya ]
*[http://www.mazkab.com Kehila Datit of Mazkeret Batya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714055137/http://www.mazkab.com/ |date=2011-07-14 }}
 
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