Netzer Sereni

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Netzer Sereni
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CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilGezer
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded20 June 1948
Founded byHolocaust survivors
Population
 (2022)[1]
974

Netzer Sereni (Template:Lang-he-n) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 974.

History

Holocaust memorial, Kibbutz Netzer Sereni

Kibbutz Netzer Sereni was founded in 1948 by 120 members of Kibbutz Givat Brenner, who broke away for ideological reasons.[2] The founders were Holocaust survivors and the village was initially named Kibbutz Buchenwald after the concentration camp in which many of its founders had been detained. The name was changed later to Netzer by the Buchenwald members. The kibbutz was named Netzer Sereni after Enzo Sereni, a Jewish Italian intellectual, Zionist leader and Jewish Brigade officer. Sereni was one of the founders of Givat Brenner. He was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy in World War II, only to be immediately captured by the Germans and executed in Dachau concentration camp;[2] in Hebrew netzer means sprout, shoot or branch.

In 1955 there was a national political separation producing a split between the two labor parties, Mapam and Mapai. The Mapai members of Kibbutz Givat Brenner moved to Kibbutz Netzer.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Daniel Gavron (2000) The Kibbutz: Awakening from Utopia Rowman & Littlefield, p59