Yavne (Hebrew יבנה, Arabic يبنة Yibnah) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 31,800. Jump to: navigation, search Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Arabic (Arabic: العربية; transliterated: al-carabiyyah, less formally, عربي transliterated: carabÄ«) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Center District, or Central District, of Israel includes the following towns and cities: Hod Hasharon הוד השרון Kefar Sava כפר סבא Lod לוד Al-Lydd in Arabic[1] Modiin מודיעין Nes Ziyyona נס ציונה Netanya נתניה Petah Tiqwa פתח תקווה Qalansawe קלנסווה Raannana רעננה Ramla רמלה - not... 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Demographics

According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population. See Population groups in Israel. There were 15,800 men and 16,000 women. The ages of city resdents were fairly spread out: Jump to: navigation, search The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, 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. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are an originally Arabian ethnicity widespread in the Middle East and North Africa. ... Population groups in Israel are the major ethnic groups of Jews and Arabs. ...

• 38.5% aged 19 years or younger
• 16.7% aged 20 to 29
• 18.6% aged 30 to 44
• 18.2% aged 45 to 59
• 2.1% aged 60 to 64
• 5.8% aged 65 years or older

The population growth rate in 2001 was 0.5%. 103 new residents moved to Yavne in that year.

Income

According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 10,910 salaried workers and 966 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 5,699, a real change of 4.1% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 7,430 (a real change of 1.1%) versus ILS 4,042 for females (a real change of 10.8%). The mean income for the self-employed is 7,631. There are 640 people who receive unemployment benefits and 2,396 people who receive an income guarantee. 1 sheqel coin (1994–5). ...

Education

According to CBS, there are 16 schools and 7,445 students in the city. They are spread out as 11 elementary schools and 4,037 elementary school students, and 9 high schools and 3,408 high school students. 59.6% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

History

The Romans called it Iamnia. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai moved the Sanhedrin to Yavne. The infrastructure developed here enabled the continued existence of the Jewish people for nearly 2000 years. Yochanan Ben Zakkai was a Talmudic Rabbi, living at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Categories: People stubs ... Jump to: navigation, search The Sanhedrin is the name given in the mishna to the council of seventy-one Jewish sages who constituted the supreme court and legislative body in Judea during the Roman period. ...

The crusaders called the site Ibelin, and built a castle there in 1141. The namesake Ibelin family was an important noble family in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and later in the Kingdom of Cyprus. Ibelin itself was captured by Saladin in 1187. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the medieval Crusades . ... Ibelin was a castle in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century (at modern Yavne, 31. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... Lusignan castle of Kantara in the Pentadactylos mountains The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Roman Catholic Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the late Middle Ages. ... This article is about the Muslim general; for the British armoured vehicle named after him, see Alvis Saladin. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events May 1 - Battle of Cresson - Saladin defeats the crusaders July 4 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin. ...

The Palestinian village of Yibna was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War; the modern Israeli site of Yavne is close by. Jump to: navigation, search The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...

Famous people from the town

• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi

Jump to: navigation, search Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (October 23, 1947 - April 17, 2004) was the co-founder of the Palestinian paramilitary organization Hamas. ...

External link

• http://www.yavnet.co.il/