# Beit Yanai
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{{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](/source/Lithuanian_Jews) and [Polish Jews](/source/Polish_Jews)
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = [Hefer Valley](/source/Hefer_Valley_Regional_Council)
| region = [Sharon plain](/source/Sharon_plain)
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Bet Yannay}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = [Agricultural Union](/source/Agricultural_Union_(Israel))
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|22|47|N|34|51|47|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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'''Beit Yanai''' ({{langx|he|בֵּית יַנַּאי}}, lit. ''House of Yanai'') is a [moshav](/source/moshav) in central [Israel](/source/Israel). Located in the [Sharon plain](/source/Sharon_plain) on the shore of the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) around six kilometres north of [Netanya](/source/Netanya), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Hefer Valley Regional Council](/source/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](/source/aliyah) from [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania) and [Poland](/source/Poland), and was named after [Alexander Jannaeus](/source/Alexander_Jannaeus) (known in Hebrew as Alexander Yanai) the [Hasmonean](/source/Hasmonean) king. There were several Americans among the original settlers.[{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=22}}]
A jetty, built in 1938 for unloading cargo, is located to the north of the moshav.[{{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}}] The [Altalena](/source/Altalena_Affair) was anchored there, and it was used for exporting [citrus](/source/citrus) fruits.
It later absorbed more immigrants from [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). By 1947 it had over 100 residents.