Ganei Yehuda

Ganei Yehuda (Hebrew: גני יהודה, lit. 'Gardens of Judah') was a moshav founded in 1950 in the Ono Valley, adjacent to the cities of Yehud and Kiryat Ono. It was named after the biblical figure Judah whom was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah.

Ganei Yehuda
גני יהודה‎
Ganei Yehuda
Ganei Yehuda
Coordinates: 32°2′21″N 34°52′35″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1950

In 2003 Ganei Yehuda was merged into Savyon.[1][2]

Both Savyon and Ganei Yehuda are located on the land of the Palestinian village of al-'Abbasiyya (formerly al-Yahudiyya), which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3]

Notable residents
  • Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Israeli Olympic windsurfer

References
  1. "מועצה מקומית סביון". Savyon Municipality. 2003-10-28. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  2. "דיון איחודים במחוזית: יהוד-נווה מונסון, סביון-גני יהודה, מכבים-רעות". Globes.co.il. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  3. Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 235. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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