Jish
Jish, also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab, or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,110 residents
- Description: Christian town in Israel
- Also known as: “Giscala”, “Gish (Gush Halav)”, “Gishala”, “Gush Halab”, “Gush Halav”, “Gush Ḥalav”, “Gush H̱alav”, “Gush-Halaw”, and “Habth”
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dalton Air Strip and Bar’am National Park.
Bar’am National Park
Protected area
Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named. Bar’am National Park is situated 3½ km northwest of Jish.
Kfar Baram
Ruins
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue, also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im, a former Palestinian Christian village, in what is today the Bar'am National Park. Kfar Baram is situated 3½ km northwest of Jish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Hoshen and Or HaGanuz.
Kfar Hoshen
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 917.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Kerem Ben Zimra
Village
Kerem Ben Zimra is a moshav in northern Israel. Near Safed in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 621. Kerem Ben Zimra is situated 2½ km northeast of Jish.
Jish
- Category: locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.02437° or 33° 1′ 28″ northLongitude
35.44588° or 35° 26′ 45″ eastPopulation
3,110Elevation
765 metres (2,510 feet)United Nations Location Code
IL 8UHOpen location code
8G5Q2CFW+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 278473372OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Jish” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجش”
- Arabic: “الجِش”
- Arabic: “لجش”
- Asturian: “Jish”
- Cebuano: “Jīsh”
- Chinese: “吉什”
- Czech: “al-Džiš”
- Czech: “Džiš”
- Czech: “Guš Chalav”
- Dutch: “Jish”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجش”
- Finnish: “Jish”
- French: “Jish”
- German: “Gisch”
- German: “Gischala”
- Greek: “Τζις”
- Hebrew: “Jīsh”
- Hebrew: “ג’יש”
- Hebrew: “ג’ש (גוש חלב)”
- Hebrew: “ג׳ש (גוש חלב)”
- Hebrew: “ג’ש”
- Hebrew: “גוש חלב”
- Hebrew: “גּוּשׁ חָלָב”
- Indonesian: “Jish”
- Italian: “Giscala”
- Italian: “Jish”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jish”
- Persian: “الجش (الجلیل)”
- Persian: “الجش”
- Polish: “Dżisz”
- Polish: “Jish”
- Russian: “Джиш”
- Spanish: “Gush Halav”
- Swedish: “Jīsh”
- Turkish: “Jiş”
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