Mazor
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Mazor (Template:Langx) is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the southeastern corner of the Sharon Plain, around three kilometres south-east of Petah Tikva and covering 2,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,115.[1]
History
The moshav was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and Syria and by native-born Israelis. It was initially named Mizra Har (Template:Langx, lit. Sown Field on a Mountain), a name derived from the name of the nearby depopulated Arab village of Umm-Zara, more commonly known as al-Muzayri'a. The moshav was later renamed Mazor, Hebrew for Remedy, in honor of the medicinal herb factory established there[2] by the herbalist Mordechai Klein.[3] Mazor's early days are depicted in a work of historical fiction, Kfar BaSfar ("A Village on the Border") by Gershon Erich Steiner, one of Mazor's founders.[4]
Mazor was founded on land belonging both to the depopulated Palestinian village of Rantiya,[5] and the western land belonging to al-Muzayri'a.[6]
To the east of the moshav is an archaeological site, which includes a 3rd Century Roman mausoleum. The mausoleum is the only Roman era building in Israel to still stand from its foundations to its roof. A Byzantine-era mosaic floor was found not far from the mausoleum.[citation needed]
Notable residents
- Gili Sharir (born 1999), Israeli Olympic bronze medalist judoka
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive". history page on the Mazor website
- ^ [2] Heb. article, "In the Grind of Medicinal Herbs", Davar 08.08.52., p.2.
- ^ About Mazor Homee
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 252. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Khalidi, p399
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