{{Short description|Community settlement in Jerusalem, Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Srigim / Li On | image = Srigim.JPG | caption = | hebname=שריגים / לי און | foundation = 1960 | founded_by = Moshavniks | district = jerusalem | council = Mateh Yehuda | affiliation = | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Sarigim (li-on)}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom | coordinates = {{coord|31|40|39|N|34|56|7|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Srigim''' ({{langx|he|שריגים||Shoots}}), also known as '''Li On''' ({{langx|he|לִי אוֹן}}), is a community settlement in central Israel. Located to the south of Beit Shemesh. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sarigim (li-on)}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} It borders the British Park forest and the biblical Elah Valley where, in the Bible, David fought Goliath.
==History== The village was established in 1960 by residents of moshavim in the region on land had previously belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur.<ref>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=207}}</ref> It was named after grapevines, which are common in the area, and was planned to become a regional centre.
In 1996 Srigim was enlarged to include 200 families who sought to turn it into an ecological village. It is home to dozens of artists and hosts an arts fair twice a year. It has a boutique winery, a microbrewery<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilad|first=Moshe|title=Along the Judean hills, beer is the new wine|url=https://www.haaretz.com/travel-in-israel/along-the-judean-hills-beer-is-the-new-wine-1.454684|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905173258/http://www.haaretz.com/travel-in-israel/along-the-judean-hills-beer-is-the-new-wine-1.454684|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2012|accessdate=8 September 2012|newspaper=Haaretz|date=30 July 2012}}</ref> and an olive oil mill.
Srigim is the seat of a prominent Israeli legal publisher, Nevo Publishers Ltd. (nevo.co.il), a prime source for Israeli legal information.
==Notable residents== *Benny Morris (born 1948), Israeli historian<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR2007031001496_4.html Israel Revisited] The Washington Post, 10 March 2007</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.srigimwinery.co.il/ Srigim Winery] {{in lang|he}} *[http://www.srigim-beer.co.il/ Srigim Brewery] {{in lang|he}} *[http://www.agrocafe.co.il/ Agro Cafe] {{in lang|he}}
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Community settlements Category:Populated places established in 1960 Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District Category:1960 establishments in Israel