Ma'ayan Baruch

Ma'ayan Baruch
Ma'ayan Baruch
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	Coordinates: 33°14′27.96″N 35°36′31.68″E / 33.2411000°N 35.6088000°ECoordinates: 33°14′27.96″N 35°36′31.68″E / 33.2411000°N 35.6088000°E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Upper Galilee
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	11 March 1947
Population (2019)	767

Gardens of Maayan Baruch

Ma'ayan Baruch (Hebrew: מַעְיַן בָּרוּךְ‎, lit. Blessed Spring) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the intersection of the Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 720.^[1]

History[]

The kibbutz was founded in March 1947 on the land of Hamara, a moshav abandoned in 1920. The founders were members of other kvutzot who had met in Kfar Giladi; members of the HaTenua HaMeuhedet youth movement, members of Habonim who immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine as Ma'apilim (illegal immigrants of Aliyah Bet), and members of a garin of pioneering soldiers from South Africa who fought in the British Army during World War II.^{[citation needed]}

After the 1948 Palestine war, Ma'ayan Baruch took over part of the land belonging to the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Sanbariyya.^[2]

Development projects[]

A new neighborhood in Ma'ayan Baruch was built to attract newcomers and bring money into the kibbutz coffers in the wake of the socio-economic problems that have affected many kibbutzim since the 1980s. The newcomers are from other kibbutzim and townships in the region, as well as other parts of the country.^[3]

Landmarks[]

A museum which holds a collection of prehistoric artifacts found in the Hula Valley, The Prehistoric Man Museum, is located on the kibbutz. The museum collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog.^[4]^[5]

Ma’ayan Baruch 11 March 1947
Day of Aliyah - Ma'ayan Baruch 1947. The 3 Palestine Policemen include Amnon Assaf, founder of the Upper Galilee Prehistoric Museum^[6]
Ma'ayan Baruch. First buildings 1947
Ma’ayan Baruch 1947

Notable residents[]

Menashe Kadishman (born 1932), sculptor and painter
Amnon Shamosh, Israeli author and poet
Rela Mazali (born 1948), Israeli peace activist and writer

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 494. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
^ Depression in Margaliot, Hope in Maayan Baruch Haaretz, 11 July 2008
^ James Serpell, The domestic dog: its evolution, behaviour, and interactions with people, pp 10-12. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
^ SJM Davis and FR Valla, Evidence for domestication of the dog 12,000 years ago in the Natufian of Israel, Nature 276, 608-610 (7 December 1978)
^ http://www.ugmp.co.il/eng/founder-biography/

[Israelpopulations-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 494. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

[3] Depression in Margaliot, Hope in Maayan Baruch Haaretz, 11 July 2008

[4] James Serpell, The domestic dog: its evolution, behaviour, and interactions with people, pp 10-12. Cambridge University Press, 1995.

[5] SJM Davis and FR Valla, Evidence for domestication of the dog 12,000 years ago in the Natufian of Israel, Nature 276, 608-610 (7 December 1978)

[6] ttp://www.ugmp.co.il/eng/founder-biography/

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