Kfar Masaryk
Kfar Masaryk
כְּפַר מַסָּרִיק | |
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Etymology: Masaryk Village | |
Kfar Masaryk | |
Coordinates: 32°53′26.87″N 35°5′58.91″E / 32.8907972°N 35.0996972°ECoordinates: 32°53′26.87″N 35°5′58.91″E / 32.8907972°N 35.0996972°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Council | Mateh Asher |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 29 November 1938 |
Founded by | Czechoslovak and Lithuanian Jews |
Population (2019)[1] | 868 |
Website | www.kfar-masaryk.org.il |
Kfar Masaryk (/ˈmæsərɪk/,[2] Hebrew: כְּפַר מַסָּרִיק, lit. Masaryk Village) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.[3][4] Located in Western Galilee near the Belus River and south of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2019, it had a population of 868.[1]
History[]
The founders were Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Lithuania, who settled in Petah Tikva in 1932. The following year they formed Kibbutz Czecho-Lita and moved to Bat Galim in Haifa. In 1934, they moved to an area of sand dunes near Kiryat Haim and changed the name of the group to "Mishmar Zevulun" (Guard of the Zevulun).[5] In 1937 they were joined by a group of Polish Jewish immigrants who were members of Hayotzer.
Despite opposition from the Jewish Agency, who reasoned that the sandy soil could not support agriculture, Mishmar Zevulun was established on 29 November 1938 as the 29th tower and stockade settlement. In 1940 the kibbutz moved to its present site and was renamed Kfar Masaryk after Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia.[6]
Economy[]
The kibbutz grows cotton, tomatoes and avocados; breeds cattle, poultry and carp; and operates paper and cardboard box factories. It also manufactures electronic devices.[7]
Kfar Masaryk, circa 1940-1950
Kfar Masaryk water tower 1940
Kfar Masaryk 1940 opening ceremony
See also[]
- Czech Republic-Israel relations
References[]
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Dictionary.com".
- ^ "Kfar Masaryk". Kibbutzimofisrael.netzah.org.
- ^ "Kefar Masaryk Map — Satellite Images of Kefar Masaryk". Maplandia.com.
- ^ Naaman factory: Settlement's building blocks
- ^ A History of Czechs and Jews: A Slavic Jerusalem, Martin Wein
- ^ Intensifying of the cooperation with kibbutz Kfar Masaryk
External links[]
- Kibbutz website
- Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk Collection on the Digital collections of Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa
- Mateh Asher Regional Council
- Czech-Jewish culture in Israel
- Lithuanian-Jewish culture in Israel
- Slovak-Jewish culture in Israel
- Kibbutzim
- Kibbutz Movement
- Populated places established in 1938
- Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
- 1938 establishments in Mandatory Palestine