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A kibbutz (Hebrew: קִבּוּץ / קיבוץ, lit. ' gathering, clustering '; pl.: kibbutzim קִבּוּצִים / קיבוצים) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania.
The following is a list of kibbutzim (Hebrew: קיבוצים) in Israel, [1] grouped by affiliation, with their year of foundation in brackets. In 2004, there were 266 kibbutzim with population 116,000 or 2.1% of the Jewish population of Israel. [ 2 ]
On the grounds of the kibbutz is the alleged tomb of Levi ben Sisi, who is usually believed to have died in far-away Babylonia during the first half of the third century. [ 6 ] In 1950, the American correspondent Kenneth W. Bilby started his book "New Star in The Near East" - depicting the 1948 war and its aftermath - with an eyewitness account ...
One of the founders of the kibbutz was Ami Saull, who was born in Manhattan 1932 (nephew of Israel Galili and father of filmmaker Dror Shaul). Kissufim is part of the Shalom bloc of Israeli settlement meant to secure Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip from the numerous Palestinian Fedayeen infiltrations. The government financed ...
Manara (Hebrew: מנרה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Ramim Ridge [ he ] of the Naftali Mountains , Upper Galilee , adjacent to the Lebanese border and overlooking the Hula Valley , it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council .
Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud (Hebrew: אַשְׁדוֹת יַעֲקֹב אִחוּד) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee near the Jordanian border and covering 4,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,011. [1]
Zikim beach Kibbutz Zikim in 1956 Old house on the hill above the kibbutz. Zikim (Hebrew: זִיקִים) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 918. [1]
Hanita (Hebrew: חניתה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 746. [1]