Nof Ayalon

Community settlement in central Israel

Place in Central, Israel

Nof Ayalon 31°52′16″N 34°59′28″E / 31.87111°N 34.99111°E / 31.87111; 34.99111
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Founded	1994
Founded by	Yeshivat Sha'alvim
Population (2022)^[1]	2,059

Nof Ayalon (Hebrew: נוֹף אַיָּלוֹן, lit. 'Ayalon View') 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 2022, it had a population of 2,059.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

Notable residents

Rachelle Fraenkel, teacher of rabbinic literature, yoetzet halakhah
Matanyahu Englman, State Comptroller and Ombudsman

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ 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. 8: 103–136.