Vardon ( he, ורדון) is a
community settlement
A community settlement ( he, יישוב קהילתי, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in ...
in south-central
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 north of
Kiryat Gat and south of
Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Yoav Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
It was founded in 1964 as a village center and became a communal village in 1998. It was founded on land belonging to the
Arab Palestinian villages of
Summil and
Jusayr
Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948, under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.
History
Ceramics from t ...
,
both of which were depopulated in the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
.
The name of the community is a loose translation for the family of
Julius Rosenwald who was a Jewish donor from the United States. ("Vardon" is derived from ''vered'', which means "rose", hence ''Rose''nfeld.
Education
Vardon, being a small community, has no schools, so it relies on schools of the Yoav Regional Council and the surrounding communities. The residents may go to either secular or religious schools. The elementary schools are "Sdot Yoav" in
kibbutz Gat and "Yad Hazon" in
Be'er Tuvia. High schools are "Tzafit" in
Kfar Menahem
Kfar Menahem ( he, כְּפַר מְנַחֵם, ''lit.'' Menahem Village) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located about 7 km east of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In it had a population of .
...
and "Gruss" in
Kiryat Gat.
Facilities
In Vardon there is a youth center, a sports field, public gardens, playgrounds, and a regional infirmary.
References
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Community settlements
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
1964 establishments in Israel
Populated places established in 1964