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Ma'ayan Baruch ( he, מַעְיַן בָּרוּךְ, ''lit.'' Blessed 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. Located near the intersection of the Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 720.


History

The kibbutz was founded in March 1947 on the land of Hamara, a
moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
abandoned in 1920. The founders were members of other kvutzot who had met in Kfar Giladi; members of the HaTenua HaMeuhedet youth movement, members of Habonim who immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine as Ma'apilim (illegal immigrants of Aliyah Bet), and members of a garin of pioneering soldiers from South Africa who fought in the British Army during World War II. After the
1948 Palestine war The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. It is known in Israel as the War of Independence ( he, מלחמת העצמאות, ''Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut'') and ...
, Ma'ayan Baruch took over part of the land belonging to the newly depopulated Palestinian village of
Al-Sanbariyya Al-Sanbariyya was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by Palmach's First Battalion under Operation Yiftach. It was located 31.5 km northea ...
.


Development projects

A new neighborhood in Ma'ayan Baruch was built to attract newcomers and bring money into the kibbutz coffers in the wake of the socio-economic problems that have affected many kibbutzim since the 1980s. The newcomers are from other kibbutzim and townships in the region, as well as other parts of the country.


Landmarks

A museum which holds a collection of prehistoric artifacts found in the Hula Valley,
The Prehistoric Man Museum The Prehistoric Man Museum is a museum of prehistory in Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel. The museum showcases historical artifacts found in and around the kibbutz and houses an extensive collection of prehistoric tools and vessels, including hand ...
, is located on the kibbutz. The museum collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog. File:מעין ברוך - ביום העליה למעין ברוך החברים מפרקים אתהחמרים מהמכוניות, הקמת הנקודה מתחילה.-JNF028682.jpeg, Ma’ayan Baruch 11 March 1947 File:מעין ברוך - ביום העליה למעין ברוך הצריפים הראשונים כבר עומדים על תילם, העבודה נמשכת שוטרים אנגלים שו-JNF028674.jpeg, Day of Aliyah - Ma'ayan Baruch 1947. The 3 Palestine Policemen include Amnon Assaf, founder of the Upper Galilee Prehistoric Museum File:Ma'ayan Baruch ii.jpg, Ma'ayan Baruch. First buildings 1947 File:מעין ברוך.-JNF028692.jpeg, Ma’ayan Baruch 1947


Notable people

*
Menashe Kadishman Menashe Kadishman (Hebrew: מנשה קדישמן; August 21, 1932 – May 8, 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter. Biography Menashe Kadishman was born in Mandate Palestine in the family of two Zionist (supporters of the state of Israel as ...
(born 1932), sculptor and painter * Rela Mazali (born 1948), Israeli peace activist and writer * Amnon Shamosh, Israeli author and poet


See also

* Notes from the Frontier, an account of life on the kibbutz in the mid-1960s by American author Hugh Nissenson.


References

{{Upper Galilee Regional Council Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1947 1947 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Northern District (Israel) South African-Jewish culture in Israel