Aluma Explained

Aluma
Arname:ألوما
Altoffsp:Alumma
Founded:1965
Founded By:Agudat Yisrael members
Council:Shafir
Pushpin Map:Israel ashkelon
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Coordinates:31.6514°N 34.7436°W

Aluma (he|אֲלֻמָּה or, lit. Sheaf) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the southern coastal plain around three kilometers north-west of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1965 as a youth village named Hazon Yehezkel by a group called Mosadot Hinukh Ezuri (lit. Institute for Regional Education), made up of young members of Agudat Yisrael. It was built on the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Hatta.[1] In 1996 the Ministry of Interior granted the village municipal council status and renamed it Aluma.In 2014, the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a 1,500-year-old Byzantine church containing an ancient mosaic floor bearing a Christogram surrounded by birds. [2] The church was discovered during a salvage dig prior to the construction of a new neighborhood on the moshav.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walid Khalidi

    . All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. . 101 .

  2. Web site: Gannon . Megan . Ancient Church Mosaic With Symbol of Jesus Uncovered in Israel . Live Science.
  3. https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-byzantine-era-church-uncovered-in-israel-1.5314319 Byzantine-era church uncovered in southern Israel