Ravid (Hebrew: רָבִיד, lit.'Necklace') is a small kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the west of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 108.[1]

Ravid
Kibbutz Ravid and Mount Arbel
Kibbutz Ravid and Mount Arbel
Ravid is located in Northeast Israel
Ravid
Ravid
Coordinates: 32°51′2″N 35°27′46″E / 32.85056°N 35.46278°E / 32.85056; 35.46278
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilEmek HaYarden
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded1981
Founded byDemobbed Nahal soldiers
Population
 (2022)[1]
108

History edit

Ravid is adjacent to an archaeological site which has been identified as Kfar Mimlah, home to the Hezir priestly family, which was exiled from Judea after the Bar Kokhba revolt.[2]

Ravid was established in 1981 by members of the Takam movement as part of the Galilee lookouts programme, including 10 families who had moved from cities.[3] The site was land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Mansura until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, southeast of the village site.[4]

However, after a social crisis, the kibbutz was dismantled.[3][5] It was successfully re-established in 1994 by former members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, and is now part of the Dror-Israel movement.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ See משמרת חזיר
  3. ^ a b c "רביד" [Ravid] (in Hebrew). Tnuat Or. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 533. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  5. ^ Rahat, Menachem (June 30, 1986). "'קיבוץ רביד בגליל 'ירד מן המפה" [Kibbutz Ravid in the Galilee 'fell off the map']. Maariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved April 18, 2019.