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. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Arabic (; , less formally, ) 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. ... Israels central district highlighted. ... Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à-vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ... 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: Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion at various times and locations. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... 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. Shortly thereafter, the Council of Jamnia, from which Rabbinical Judaism emerged, met there. 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 ... For the tractate in the Mishnah, see Sanhedrin (tractate). ... The so-called[1] Council of Jamnia was a time of consolidation in Jamnia following the destruction of Jerusalem and her Temple in A.D. 70, that lasted until about A.D. 90 and from which Rabbinic Judaism emerged. ... Orthodox Judaism is one of the three major branches of Judaism. ...

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. 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. ... The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Roman Catholic Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the late Middle Ages. ... Saladin, from a 12th-century Arab codex. ... // 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. The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ...

Famous people from the town

• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
• Guy Ulmer

Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi 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/