Introduction

Bat Shlomo¹ (Salomon's Daughter) is located on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel in Northern Israel. The moshava was founded in 1889 as a settlement connected with the nearby Zichron Ya'akov. The creation of Bat Shlomo, funded by Baron Rothschild, is named after Betty Salomon, the daughter of Salomon Mayer von Rothschild; the latter was Baron Rothschild's uncle and grandfather.

According to the British Mandate Census of 1922, Bat Shlomo had a population of sixty-six people, consisting of fifty-three Jews and thirteen Moslems². Nine years later, the 1931 Mandate Census showed the population to consist of thirty-five Muslims and fifty-one Jews.

For more than sixty years, Bat Shlomo was a major supplier of grapes to the Carmel Winery; it currently produces loquats³, a fruit tree native to China. A boutique winery, Bat Shlomo Vineyards, was founded in 2010. Here is the Bat Shlomo Vineyard's Story together with a dedication to the Baronness Betty Salomon de Rothsdchild.

Surviving more than one-hundred years is the street in Bat Shlomo where Baron de Rothschild walked when he visited the moshava. Also surviving from that time are quaint stone houses with Marseilles-tiled roofs. Still growing behind these houses are mulberry trees planted under the auspices of Baron de Rothschild. To learn more, visit Bat Shlomo: Cheese Makers, Farmers, & Olive Oil Producers.