About Har Hevron
Har hevron location:
20 towns scattered across the Har Hevron mountain ridge that spans from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion and down to the outskirts of Be’er Sheva.
This region shares borders with two deserts – the Negev at its southern end, and the Judean Desert to the east. This gives it a unique climate: clean, crisp air, cold winters (sometimes with snow) and moderate summers.
History is alive and breathing here. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob walked here. David wrote the book of Psalms in these hills and established his reign as king. Wandering through these mountains, you will find antiquities sites that date back to thousands of years ago. Susya, the ancient Hebrew city, was recognized as a national heritage site and attracts thousands of visitors throughout the year.
Har Hevron Regional Council:
Mountain regions were historically always the main locations for grape growing. Today as well, the farmers here grow vineyards and produce quality wine at three wineries that have won international recognition and prizes at competitions around the world. Agriculture in the region also includes olive growing and olive oil production, growing almonds, vegetables and grains, herding goats, chicken coops, sheep and cows, production of goat milk and cheeses, and more.
Har Hevron is surrounded by several cities: Kiryat Gat, Be’er Sheva, Arad, Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, as well as additional areas of employment – Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arba. Highway 6 has also been built closer to us recently, and is between 10 minutes to half an hour from local towns. In the local towns themselves, there are also many active independent businesses, some of which operate in industrial buildings inside the towns.
There are many schools in Har Hevron, from daycare and kindergartens to elementary schools, junior high and high schools, yeshivas, a premilitary mechina program, seminaries and a field school. The Bnei Akiva and Noar Leumi youth groups are active in the region.
The Regional Council operates a tourism brand called Hevel Yatir, which includes all of the businesses and tourist attractions in the region. Hevel Yatir Tourism runs an annual cherry-picking festival in the local orchards, an almond blossom festival in the almond orchards, festivals on the holidays and more. Inside the Har Hevron region is the Yatir Forest – the largest planted forest in Israel; the Ancient Susya site and Susya Field School; Herbs of Kedem factory; Yatir Winery; Drimia Winery; many natural springs, picnic areas and more.
A wide selection of extracurricular activities are available to children and teens, such as sports, martial arts, sciences, electronics, dance, art, ceramics and more.
services:
Health services available in Har Hevron include several clinics run by Leumit and Maccabi. A large, new branch of Maccabi has recently been opened in the Meitarim industrial zone, which provides an extensive range of health services.
Communities in Har Hevron are very diverse: religious, secular, mixed, community-style and collective-style. They are all characterized by a warm, family atmosphere. Mutual assistance and responsibility are a well known part of our towns. Every community has its own paid community coordinator, responsible for social development. The quiet, the landscape, and the good people create a rare quality of life.
