Kerem Ben Zimra

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Kerem Ben Zimra is a moshav in northern Israel, near Safed in the Upper Galilee. It is part of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 its population was 621. The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Turkey. One of the founders was Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz, the first rabbi of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It was named after Rabbi David Ben Zimra, who is buried nearby with his father Yosef. Later immigrants from Romania and Morocco joined. The moshav is home to Rimon Winery. In 1968 a nature reserve of 68 dunams was created on land south of the moshav. The area has diverse plants, including terebinth trees and several kinds of oaks, buckthorn, and Styrax officinalis.