Ma'ayan Tzvi () is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

in northern

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. Located near

Zikhron Ya'akov Zikhron Ya'akov () often shortened to just Zikhron, is a local council (Israel), town in northern Israel, south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Mount Carmel, Carmel mountain range over ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council Hof HaCarmel Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof ha-Karmel'', ''lit.'' Carmel Coast Regional Council) is a regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, stretching from Tirat HaCarmel in the ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The kibbutz was established 30 August 1938 as part of the tower and stockade settlement project by members of the

Maccabi youth movement Maccabi Hatzair, also known as Young Maccabi or the Maccabi youth movement (, ''HaMaccabi HaTza'ir''), is a Zionist youth movement established during the international convention of the Maccabi World Union in Prague, Czech Republic in 1929. As the ...

who fled from Nazi Germany. At first, the kibbutz was called Ma'ayan.Photograph Album – Establishment of Ma'ayan Tzvi Kibbutz, 1938
/ref>Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). ''The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites'' (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 215 It was established on land which had traditionally belonged to the

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village of Kabera. In 1945, the name Zvi was added in honor of Zvi Frank, a Zionist activist and one of the heads of the

Jewish Colonization Association The Jewish Colonisation Association (JCA or ICA; ) was an organisation created on September 11, 1891, by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Its aim was to facilitate the mass emigration of Jews from Russia and other Eastern European countries, by settling ...

which purchased the kibbutz lands. The kibbutz manufactures optical devices and components for high-tech and advanced weapon systems.

References

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