Ma'ayan Tzvi ( he, מַעְיַן צְבִי, ''lit.'' Zvi's 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

Zikhron Ya'akov Zikhron Ya'akov ( he, זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, ''lit.'' "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just ''Zikhron'') is a town in Israel, south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mounta ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. 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 who fled from Nazi Germany. At first, the kibbutz was called Ma'ayan.Photograph Album – Establishment of Ma'ayan Tzvi Kibbutz, 1938
/ref> It was established on land which had traditionally belonged to the Palestinian 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 which purchased the kibbutz lands. The kibbutz manufactures optical devices and components for high-tech and advanced weapon systems.

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