Qiryat Ye'arim (Hebrew קרית יערים), is a local municipality in the Jerusalem district of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in September 2001 Qiryat Ye'arim had a popultation of 2,900, predominantely Jewish, with a growth rate of 4%. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis a vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Geography

Qiryat Ye'arim is located approximately 10 kilometers east of Jerusalem, just north of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. Neighboring Qiryat Ye'arim to the west is the Arab town of Abu Ghosh. Qiryat Ye'arim is 710 meters above sea level. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are an originally Arabian ethnicity widespread in the Middle East and North Africa. ... Abu Ghosh is an Arab village west of Jerusalem on the road to Tel Aviv whose inhabitants were known for their friendly relations with their Jewish neighbors. ...

History

Qiryat Ye'arim is named for a town of the same name mentioned in the bible in relation to King David's transport of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. There are those who believe that a nearby Tel is the remains of the biblical town. The holy Jewish scripture: The Torah. ... This page is about the Biblical king David. ... A late 19th-century artists conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing a Renaissance cassone for the Ark and cherubim as latter-day Christian angels The Ark of the Covenant (in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container built at the command... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... See also Tell (poker). ...