{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Beit Yanai | image = File:PikiWiki Israel 38186 Yanai Beach .jpg | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|בֵּית יַנַּאי}} |arname=بيت يناي | foundation = 1933 | founded_by = Lithuanian and Polish Jews | country = {{ISR}} | district = center | council = Hefer Valley | region = Sharon plain | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Bet Yannay}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | affiliation = Agricultural Union | pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = {{coord|32|22|47|N|34|51|47|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Beit Yanai''' ({{langx|he|בֵּית יַנַּאי}}, lit. ''House of Yanai'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea around six kilometres north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bet Yannay}}.
==History== The moshav was founded in 1933 by Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Poland, and was named after Alexander Jannaeus (known in Hebrew as Alexander Yanai) the Hasmonean king. There were several Americans among the original settlers.<ref name="JNF 1948">{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=22}}</ref>
A jetty, built in 1938 for unloading cargo, is located to the north of the moshav.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talmi |first1=Ephriam |last2=Talmi |first2=Menahem |title=New Israel Guide |publisher=Izreel Publishing House |year=1961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpwLAAAAIAAJ&q=beit+yanai}}</ref> The Altalena was anchored there, and it was used for exporting citrus fruits.
It later absorbed more immigrants from South Africa. By 1947 it had over 100 residents.<ref name="JNF 1948" /> thumb|Beit Yanai 1947
==Notable residents== *Morris Kahn
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Bet Yanay|Beit Yanai}}
{{Hefer Valley Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Agricultural Union Category:Populated places established in 1933 Category:Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel) Category:1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:Lithuanian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Polish-Jewish culture in Israel Category:South African-Jewish culture in Israel