Havatzelet HaSharon
Havatzelet HaSharon
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| Coordinates: 32°21′36.53″N 34°51′42.48″E / 32.3601472°N 34.8618000°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hefer Valley |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Founded by | Polish immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 474 |
Havatzelet HaSharon (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Lily of the Sharon) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 474.[1]
History
The moshav was founded in 1935 by immigrants from Poland, and was named after Lillian Freiman, the wife of Aharon (Archibald Jacob, "Archie") Freiman (for whom Bitan Aharon is named), a leader of the World Zionist Organization in Canada and an advisor to Yehoshua Hankin. The two were instrumental in raising the funds to purchase Emek Hefer in the 1920s and to make it available for Jewish settlement. [2]
Notable residents
References
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- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Lillian Freiman - Jewish First Lady of the Land." Canadian Jewish News [Toronto] 8 September 2010: B36-B38