Yahel
Yahel
יהל ياهل | |
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Coordinates: 30°5′3″N 35°7′45″E / 30.08417°N 35.12917°ECoordinates: 30°5′3″N 35°7′45″E / 30.08417°N 35.12917°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Hevel Eilot |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 1977 |
Founded by | Reform movement |
Population (2019)[1] | 218 |
Kibbutz Yahel (Hebrew: יַהֵל) is a Reform kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Arabah region of the Negev desert, 60 kilometers from the city of Eilat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 218.[1]
Etymology[]
The name is symbolic and means: "it shone (shined)". It comes from the Book of Job (Job 31:26).[2]
History[]
Established in 1977, it was the first kibbutz founded by the Reform movement.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 393. ISBN 965-448-413-7.; Vilnay, Zev, Rachel and Oren: The Vilnay Guide to Israel. A new Millenium edition, Vol 1: Jerusalem, Beersheba and Southern Israel, Atlit 1999, p. 192, ISBN 965-90269-0-0
Further reading[]
- William F.S. Miles. Zion in the desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007.
External links[]
Categories:
- Hevel Eilot Regional Council
- Eilat
- Kibbutzim
- Kibbutz Movement
- Religious Israeli communities
- Reform Judaism in Israel
- Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
- 1977 establishments in Israel
- Populated places established in 1977
- Reform Zionism
- Israel geography stubs