Ma'ayan Baruch
Ma'ayan Barukh | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Region | Finger of the Galilee/Hula Valley |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 11 March 1947 |
Ma'ayan Baruch (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Blessed Spring) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the intersection of the Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 277.
History
The kibbutz was founded in March 1947 on the land of Hamara, a moshav abandoned in 1920. The founders were members of other kvutzot who had met in Kfar Giladi; members of the HaTenua HaMeuhedet youth movement, members of Habonim who immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine as Ma'apilim (illegal immigrants of Aliyah Bet), and members of a garin of pioneering soldiers from South Africa who fought in the British Army during World War II.
Development projects
A new neighborhood in Ma'ayan Baruch was built to attract newcomers and bring money into the kibbutz coffers in the wake of the socio-economic problems that have affected many kibbutzim since the 1980s. The newcomers are from other kibbutzim and townships in the region, as well as other parts of the country.[1]
Landmarks
A museum which holds a collection of prehistoric artifacts found in the Hula Valley, The Prehistoric Man Museum, is located on the kibbutz. The museum collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog.[2][3]
Notable residents
- Menashe Kadishman (born 1932), sculptor and painter
- Amnon Shamosh, Israeli author and poet
- David Fine, Sculptor
See Also
- Notes from the Frontier, an account of life on the kibbutz in the mid-1960s by American author Hugh Nissenson.
References
- ^ Depression in Margaliot, Hope in Maayan Baruch
- ^ James Serpell, The domestic dog: its evolution, behaviour, and interactions with people, pp 10-12. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- ^ SJM Davis and FR Valla, Evidence for domestication of the dog 12,000 years ago in the Natufian of Israel, Nature 276, 608-610 (7 December 1978)