Elazar (Hebrew: אלעזר) is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion, 18 kilometers south of Jerusalem. A religious communal settlement, it has around 350 families living in it. The settlement was established in 1975 as a moshav by a core group of religious Jewish academics who had emigrated from the United States. The settlement was named for the Maccabi Eleazar Horan, brother of the Maccabean leader Judas Maccabeus who was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariah in 162 BC adjacent to the settlement's location. Various farming and industrial activities provide employment within the settlement, but most of the residents work in Jerusalem.
| Gush Etzion Regional Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kibbutzim: | Kfar Etzion | Migdal Oz | Rosh Tzurim |  |
| Communal settlements: | Alon Shvut | Bat Ayin | Gvaot | Elazar | Har Gilo | Carmei Tzur | Kedar | Kfar Eldad | Ma'ale Amos | Metzad | Neve Daniel | Nokdim (El David) | Tekoa | |
| Outposts: | Ibei HaNahal | Ma'ale Rehav'am | Pnei Kedem | |
