Beer Sheva Hostel
Beit Yatziv was founded in 1953 as a youth hostel/public educational center in the Negev. Today it is owned by the Sacta-Rashi Foundation and the Be'er Sheva Municipality, which are both committed to preserving its character and mission as an educational facility serving the residents of Be'er Sheva and surrounding areas
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Beersheba (Hebrew romanization Be'er Sheva or Be'er Sheba) is the largest city in the Negev desert of Israel, and is often called the "Capital of the Negev". In 2005, Beersheba had a population of 185,500 making it the sixth largest city in Israel. 20 years before, the population was just 110,800. It is the administrative center for the southern region and home of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Soroka Hospital, and the Israeli Sinfonietta of Be'er Sheva. The city dates back at least to the time of Abraham. The city has expanded considerably since the founding of the state in 1948. Today the town is inhabited mainly by Jews who originally immigrated to Israel from Arab countries and the former Soviet Union. Be'er Sheva is surrounded by a number of satellite towns: Omer, Lehavim and Meitar are mainly Jewish towns and there are a number of Bedouin towns around Beersheba; the largest are Rahat, Tel Sheva and Laqye.
