The Nahalal Cemetery (בית העלמין בנהלל) is the cemetery of the Nahalal moshav in the Jezreel Valley. Since its opening in the 1920s, many of the moshav's residents have been buried there, including the founders of the moshav, members of the Dayan family, several Knesset members, Ilan Ramon and his son Asaf, Meir Shalev, Yehonatan Geffen, and others.

Nahalal Cemetery
בית הקברות נהלל
Moshe Dayan's grave, in the Nahalal cemetery
Geography
LocationNahalal
Climbing
First ascent1921

History

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The cemetery was opened on Tel Shimron, near the Tamrat cemetery. The first person to be buried there was the mother of one of the founders of the moshav, who chose to bury her on a hill about one and a half kilometers northeast of the moshav.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ "The Story of the Historic Nahalal Cemetery (in Hebrew)".
  2. ^ "Nahalal Cemetery, Timrat, Northern District, Israel". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2024-06-04.