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
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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
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Rela Mazali (born 1948), Israeli peace activist and writer
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Amnon Shamosh, Israeli author and poet
See also
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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