Ayelet HaShahar (Hebrew: אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר) is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 1,154.[1] Named after the introduction of Psalm 22, and means "hind of the dawn".
Ayelet HaShahar
אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר | |
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| • official | Ayyelet HaShahar |
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  Ayelet HaShahar  Ayelet HaShahar | |
| Coordinates: 33°1′22″N 35°34′39″E / 33.02278°N 35.57750°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Founded by | Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,154 |
| Website | www.ayelet.org.il |
History edit
The name of the kibbutz, literally "hind of the dawn", is taken from the first line of Psalm 22 in reference to Najmat es-Subh (Arabic: نجمة الصبح, lit. 'star of the dawn'), the original name of the land on which the kibbutz is located.[2] The land was bought by the Jewish Colonization Association in 1892, and first settled by immigrants from Europe in 1915 during the Second Aliyah period. A census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, recorded a population of 78 Jews.[3] During the end of the British mandate, the kibbutz was the staging ground for Palmach operations: Night of the Bridges and the bombing of the Yarmuk Bridge (16–17 June 1946).[citation needed]
After the 1947–1949 Palestine war, Ayelet HaShahar took over the land from the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Yarda.[4]
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Ayelet HaShahar, 1919 -
Ayelet HaShahar, 1937 -
Ayelet HaShahar, 1939 -
Aiyelet hash Shahar near Kh. Najmat es Subh, 1942 -
Palmach youth group at Ayelet Hashahar, 1946 -
Yiftach 3rd Battalion. Ayelet HaShahar. 1948 -
Collecting stray camels. Ayelet HaShahar. 1948
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Economy edit
Ayelet HaShahar is one of the larger fruit producers in Israel. They also raise dairy cattle and poultry, and manage beehives (the kibbutz is a major producer of Israel's honey). There are fish ponds, which take water from canals that drain the nearby Hula Valley swamps.
Landmarks edit
Tel Hazor, the capital of Canaanite Galilee, lies opposite the kibbutz. The Archaeological Museum of Hatzor is located at the kibbutz. Antiquities from Tel Hazor are displayed, but many of the original artifacts are actually at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Notable people edit
- Tzruya Lahav, songwriter, singer, and novelist
- Avshalom Okashi, artist[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ File:20-26-RoshPinna-1942.jpg
- ^ Barron, 1923, p. 41
- ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 504. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Israel Museum Israeli Art Information Center
Bibliography edit
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
External links edit
- Kibbutz website (in Hebrew)
- What's happening to the kibbutz? article written by Ellis Shuman, June 16, 2004, mentions the vote by members of Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar to transform their cooperative into a moshav.
- Mevo HaGalil Elementary School