Bnei Ayish

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Bnei Ayish


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hebname=Hebrew|בְּנֵי עַיִ"שׁ
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meaning=Sons of Akiva Yosef Schlezinger
founded=1951
type=lc
typefrom=1981
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altOffSp=Bene Ayish
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district=center
population=7,600
popyear=2005
area_dunam=1000|
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Bnei Ayish ( _he. בְּנֵי עַיִ"שׁ), pop. 7,600, is a town (local council), in the Center District of Israel, about ten km from Ashdod and bordering Gedera.

Bnei Ayish originally served as a transit camp for immigrants from Yemen in the early 1950s. Before Israeli independence, the area had served as a military base for British Army troops during the British Mandate of Palestine. Today its population is almost entirely made up of Jews of Yemenite descent and immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Bnei Ayish, meaning Sons of Ayish, is named after Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlezinger, whose name is abbreviated to Ayish.