Ben Shemen Youth Village

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Ben Shemen Youth Village
כפר הנוער בן שמן‎
Ben Shemen Youth Village Central Courtyard IMG 8717.JPG
Ben Shemen Youth Village is located in Central Israel
Ben Shemen Youth Village
Ben Shemen Youth Village
Coordinates: 31°57′32.47″N 34°55′40.19″E / 31.9590194°N 34.9278306°E / 31.9590194; 34.9278306Coordinates: 31°57′32.47″N 34°55′40.19″E / 31.9590194°N 34.9278306°E / 31.9590194; 34.9278306
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
Founded1927
Founded bySiegfried Lehmann
Population
 (2019)[1]
620
Websitewww.ben-shemen.org.il

Ben Shemen Youth Village (Hebrew: כפר הנוער בן שמן‎, Kfar HaNo'ar Ben Shemen) is a youth village and agricultural boarding school in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen and Ginaton, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 620.[1]

History[]

Ben Shemen youth village, 1920s-30s

The village was established in 1927 on the land of the Hadid factory by Siegfried Lehman. Its aim was to endow children with a Zionist ethic, teach them to work the land, and install an appreciation of responsibility. The school's first students were from Kaunas in Lithuania.

In 1947, it had a population of roughly 1,000.[2] During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the isolated village was under siege by the Arab Legion; eleven youths were killed in one attempt to bring in supplies.[2]

Notable graduates include Shimon Peres, Shulamit Aloni, Moshe Katsav, Dan Ben Amotz, , Micha Tomkiewicz, Amitai Etzioni, and Haim Saban. Today, it has around 1,000 students, of which 400 live in the village.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 16.

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