Amikam ( he, עַמִּיקָם) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In it had a population of . West of the moshav is the Alona Park.

History

The moshav was established in 1950 by Jewish refugees from

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, Manchuria and Shanghai,

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, who had fled the Chinese Civil War. The land had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of

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. The founders were later joined by Jews from the Cyprus concentration camps, and followed by Yemenite Jews. In 1956, a group of Polish Jewish immigrants settled on the moshav. Some of the families engage in fruit farming, raising peaches, plums, nectarines and loquats. Children attend the local Tali Alona elementary school.

Agriculture

A rare variety of peach was grown on Moshav Amikam and named for the moshav. Pits from this variety were found on Masada. Now the one remaining tree is in Kfar Kara.

Notable residents

* Yoav Galant (born 1958), Israeli Minister of Defense and former army general

References

External links

Weekend Walk: Moshav Amikam
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Mey Kedem
archaeological site centered on a Roman water tunnel {{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Haifa District Chinese diaspora in Israel Chinese-Jewish diaspora Cypriot diaspora Polish-Jewish culture in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1950 establishments in Israel