The new village is situated on a ridge where no Jewish community has existed since the fall of Beitar nearly 2,000 years ago
(July 18, 2025 / JNS) Israeli authorities on Thursday signed a planning contract for Bar Kochva, a new community in Judea that will connect Gush Etzion to Jerusalem, situated between Sde Boaz and Har Gilo.
The signing follows a Cabinet decision a year ago to establish the community and comes months after the first mobile home neighborhood was set up on the site.
Bar Kochva is situated on a ridge where no Jewish community has existed since the fall of Beitar—the final stronghold of the Bar Kochva revolt—to the Romans in 135 C.E., symbolizing the historic return of the Jewish people to its land and roots.