Kfar HaMaccabi ( he, כְּפַר הַמַּכַּבִּי, ''lit.'' Village of the Maccabis) 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 near

Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata ( he, קִרְיַת אָתָא; also Qiryat Ata) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens. History The Early Bronze Age site at Qiryat Ata has been extensively excavate ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Zevulun Regional Council Zevulun Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית זבולון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Zvulun'') is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the Haifa District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it had a population of 10,900 in 2006. The council ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was founded in 1936 by members of

Maccabi youth movement The "Maccabi youth movement" (, ''HaMaccabi HaTza'ir'') is a Zionist youth movement established during the international convention of the Maccabi organization in Prague, Czech Republic in 1929. As the Maccabi movement is involved with promoting ...

from

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

who immigrated with the help of Menachem Ussishkin for the first

Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...

in 1932. The kibbutz was named for the youth movement.

Economy

The kibbutz is now one of Israel's largest animal feed manufacturers. This branch of income has been sold as have other branches. The new owners pay rent and the salary of the members that work in the branches.

Notable people

* Theodore BikelThis Day in Jewish History / Singer, actor and activist Theodore Bikel is born
Haaretz, 2 May 2014 *

Nachum Heiman Nachum Heiman ( he, נחום היימן; May 6, 1934 – August 17, 2016) was an Israeli composer and musician. Some of the over 1,000 songs he composed have become classics of Israeli folk music. Biography Nachum (Nakhche) Heiman was born in Rig ...

References

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