Ein Dor ( he, עֵין דּוֹר, lit. "Dor Spring") is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

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 in the

Lower Galilee The Lower Galilee (; ar, الجليل الأسفل, translit=Al Jalil Al Asfal) is a region within the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. The Lower Galilee is bordered by the Jezreel Valley to the south; the Upper Galilee to t ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. As of it had a population of . It was the first Jewish settlement founded in Israel after the

declaration of independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the ...

History

Kibbutz Ein Dor is named for

Endor Endor or Ein Dor may refer to: Places * Endor (village), from the Hebrew Bible, a Canaanite village where the Witch of Endor lived * Indur, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war * Ein Dor, a Kibbutz in modern Israel F ...

, a village mentioned in the

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.Archaeology Museum at Kibbutz Ein Dor
Go Israel] The kibbutz was founded in May 1948 by members of the

Hashomer Hatzair Hashomer Hatzair ( he, הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, , ''The Young Guard'') is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the group ...

youth movement. Among the founders were young Zionists from Hungary, Canada, the United States and South Africa.() In 2003 members voted to privatize the kibbutz after many second and third generations had left for the city, prompting worry about the sustainability of the kibbutz. This meant moving the ideological approach of the kibbutz away from its original socialist principles of equality, collectivism and the Marxist ideal of "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Some of the kibbutz land was sold for development and a new neighborhood was built, leading to an influx of 80 new families.

Economy

In addition to its income from agriculture, the kibbutz operates Teldor cable and wire factory.

Notable people

Amnon Lord Amnon Lord ( he, אמנון לורד, born 1952, Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel), is an Israeli journalist with the daily newspaper Makor Rishon. Lord's articles and essays about media, film, and politics have been published in ''The Jerusalem Post'', ...

Uzi Shalev Uzi Shalev (born July 3, 1961) is an Israeli bassoonist. Since 1987 he is assistant principal bassoonist with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). Early life On July 3, 1961, Shalev was born as Uzi Shalev in Kibbutz Ein-Dor, Israel. Son of Rafi ...

*Dov Frishberg, PhD

References

{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1948 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1948 establishments in Israel