Migdal ( he, מִגְדָּל, ''lit.'' Tower) is a

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in the Northern District of

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 ...

. It was founded in 1910, and granted local council status in 1949. In it had a population of . Migdal is located near

Ginosar Ginosar ( he, גִּנּוֹסַר) is a kibbutz in the Plain of Ginosar on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located north of Tiberias on Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it ha ...

, and about 8 km north of

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Fo ...

. It has a shoreline on the

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, including the Tamar, Ilanot and Arbel beaches.

History

Migdal is named after a city from the

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called "

Magdala Magdala (Aramaic: מגדלא, ''Magdala'', meaning "tower"; Hebrew: , ''Migdal''; ar, المجدل, ''al-Majdal'') was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magda ...

". The ancient city is believed to have been located on the site of the depopulated village of al-Majdal, which preserved the name. In 1908, a small group of German Catholics who identified the site as the birthplace of

Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cru ...

settled there. They left after a year and the land was bought by

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Zionists who founded a farm, Ahuzat Moskva (Moscow Estate) in 1910. This settlement was adjacent to the Arab village al-Majdal. A few years later, the land was sold to private investors. An encampment of

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workers who built the Tiberias-

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road was established there in 1921.''Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel'' Herzl Press and McGraw-Hill, New York 1971, Volume II, p. 784 According to a

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conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Migdal had a population of 51 inhabitants, consisting of 42 Jews and 9 Muslims.

Notable residents

Maxim Vengerov Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, , mɐkˈsʲim ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnˈɡʲerəf; he, מקסים ונגרוב; born 20 August 1974) is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, v ...

(born 1974), Russian-born Israeli

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, and conductor Image:Second aliyah Pioneers in Migdal 1912 in kuffiyeh.jpg,

Bilu Bilu may refer to: People * Bilú (footballer, 1900-1965), Virgílio Pinto de Oliveira, Brazilian football manager and former centre-back * Asher Bilu (born 1936), Australian artist * Bilú (footballer, born 1974), Luciano Lopes de Souza, Brazi ...

pioneers in Migdal, 1912 File:מגדל - פרופסור איינשטיין נוטע במגדל-JNF035524.jpeg, Migdal 1923:

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planting tree File:מגדל - מראה כללי-JNF010497.jpeg, Migdal 1945

References

{{Authority control Local councils in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1910 1910 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Ancient Jewish settlements of Galilee German diaspora in Israel Russian-Jewish culture in Israel

History

Notable residents

See also

References