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Aminadav

Aminadav is a moshav in central Israel.

Aminadav
Aminadav · יעקב
The place

Aminadav is a moshav in central Israel. Located southwest of Jerusalem near Yad Kennedy, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 945.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Aminadav

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

    The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is famous for its Afro-Asiatic collection of wildlife, many of which are described in the Hebrew Bible, as well as for its success in breeding endangered species.

    3.3 km · zoo in Jerusalem · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Yad Kennedy

    Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. The 60-foot-high memorial is shaped like the stump of a felled tree, symbolizing a life cut short.

    800 m · Memorial in Mateh Yehuda Region, Israel · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Betar

    Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. It was besieged and destroyed by the Romans in 135 CE. Betar appears in various ancient sources, including the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, as well as in midrashic literature and Patristic writings.

    2.5 km · last Judah's fort held in the Bar Kokhba's revolt and adjacent modern locations · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St. John the Baptist

    The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, that belongs to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist is believed to have been born.

    2.7 km · church building in Ein Karem, Israel · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness

    The Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness is a Franciscan Catholic monastery built next to a spring on a wooded slope just north of Even Sapir, Israel, and across the valley from Sataf. It is located a short distance from Ein Karem, the traditional birthplace of Saint John the Baptist, and south of Jerusalem.

    2.1 km · church building in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cremisan

    The Cremisan Valley is a valley located in Palestine on the Seam Zone between the West Bank and Jerusalem. The valley is one of the last green areas in the Bethlehem district, with vast stretches of agricultural lands and recreational grounds.

    3.9 km · monastery near Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Malha Arena

    The Malha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Jerusalem's Malha neighborhood, across from Ramat Denya and Ramat Sharett. The arena is primarily used to host basketball, futsal, and handball games, and gymnastics.

    3.7 km · indoor arena in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Israel aquarium

    The Gottesman Family Israel Aquarium is a public aquarium in Jerusalem, Israel that was opened on June 19, 2017. The aquarium focuses on Israel's marine environment - the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea.

    2.4 km · a public aquarium in Israel inaugurated on 19.6.2017 · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Debel Gallery

    The Debel Gallery was a private art gallery in Jerusalem from 1973 to 1990. It is notable for its exhibition of avant-garde art.

    2.5 km · gallery in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations

    The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations is part of the much larger Yad Vashem complex located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Along with some two dozen different structures within the Yad Vashem memorial – which is the second most-visited destination in the country after the Western Wall – the Garden of the Righteous is meant to honor those non-Jews who during the Holocaust risked their lives to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.

    3.7 km · garden in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aminadav

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 38 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 81 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 84 km
Stations
Jerusalem – Biblical Zoo Railway Station, 3.3 km
  • Eilat → Aminadav
    245 km · quickest by road, 5h 47m · ₪100–135
  • Amman → Aminadav
    79 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · JD4.5–6
  • El Arish → Aminadav
    145 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · E£340–455
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Aminadav

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aminadav. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAlso, shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave from nearby Damascus Gate and manage the trip in 20 min.
  • Get inFrom Ramallah many shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave for Bethlehem.
  • Get inThe trip from Hebron with the final stop at the very bottom floor of the (only shared taxis (sherut)) will deliver you for less than ₪10.
  • Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxis (sherut/servees) for ₪12 to , a town/junction east of Jerusalem, identified with Bethany from the New Testament.
  • Get inFrom the junction take another shared taxis to Bethlehem bus station (₪5-10).

From Wikivoyage: Bethlehem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    162 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    244 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    367 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    708 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,065 km

If you know how people move in Aminadav – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Aminadav

Aminadav is 7 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • BattirPalestinian village in the West Bank3 km
  • Ein Karemneighborhood in Jerusalem2.5 km
  • al-Walajavillage council in Bethlehem Governorate3 km
  • Malhaneighborhood in southwest Jerusalem3.7 km
  • Oracooperative agricultural community in Israel1.1 km
  • Even Sapirhuman settlement1.5 km