Avdon ( he, עַבְדּוֹן) is a
moshav in northern
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located near
Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council
The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מעלה יוסף, ''Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef'') is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshi ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established in 1952 by
immigrants
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
from Iran and Tunisia, and was initially named ''Kfar Avdon'' (lit. ''Avdon Village'') after the
biblical city of
Abdon in the lades of the Asher tribe (Joshua 21:30), which was located in the area. Immigrants from the
Azerbaijan region of Iran living on the moshav were commissioned to design brightly colored rugs in floral motifs which were sold by
Maskit, a outlet for Israeli designed fashion and handicrafts established by
Ruth Dayan in the 1950s.
Farms in Avdon grow avocado, lychee and bananas.
Wadi Ara in danger of another flooding
The Jerusalem Post, 4 May 2006
References
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Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1952
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Tunisian-Jewish culture in Israel
1952 establishments in Israel