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Ein Ganim ( he, עין גנים) was the first ''moshav po'alim'' ("workers' moshav") in
Ottoman Palestine
Ottoman Syria ( ar, سوريا العثمانية) refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south ...
.
The moshav was established in 1908 near
Petah Tikva by members of the
Second Aliyah
The Second Aliyah ( he, העלייה השנייה, ''HaAliyah HaShniya'') was an aliyah (Jewish emigration to Palestine) that took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 35,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman-ruled Palestine, mos ...
and was named after the
Levitical city
In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command to ...
of
Ein Ganim, mentioned in the
book of Joshua 21:29. The moshav poalim was an attempt to combine farming and urban labor (
garden city movement
The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...
). In addition to working in the city, families received land for tending small kitchen gardens. The moshav poalim differed in approach from the
moshav ovdim ("laborers' moshav"): It was not based on collective ideology or settling national land. The experiment failed because the kitchen gardens did not generate sufficient income.
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According to the
1931 census Ein Ganim had a population of 335 Jews, in 77 houses.
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In 1937, Ein Ganim became a neighborhood of Petah Tikva.Land and Desire in Early Zionism, Boaz Neumann
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Notable residents
*General Moshe Peled Moshe Peled may refer to:
*Moshe Peled (politician), Israeli politician, Knesset member between 1992 and 1999
*Moshe Peled (soldier)
Moshe "Musa" Peled (July 31, 1925 - April 16, 2000) was an Israeli military commander, '' tat aluf'' (Brigadier G ...
was born here
References
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Agriculture in Israel
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1908
1908 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Petah Tikva