Kibbutz Bet El

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The Kibbutz Beth El (also: Bet-El, "House of God") is a Christian kibbutz with Protestant roots in Zichron Ja'akow in Israel , which has 800 inhabitants. About 100 members of the kibbutz live abroad. The kibbutz was founded in 1963 by the German Emma Berger to help survivors of the “ Holocaust ” (Shoa) with Christian charity. He is known for his Beth-el Industries , which are world leaders in air filtration systems.

The way of life of the community is reminiscent of the Amish . Your inspiration comes from the Bible. They have no television or newspaper, no cafes or clubs, but a choir. The kibbutz has a primary school and a secondary school for the children, which prepare the children for part of the Israeli high school diploma, which can also be partially completed there. The secondary school trains directly for the engineering profession in their own companies. Most of the members of the community are citizens of the country, but only a small proportion have citizenship. Over 20 men from the kibbutz serve in the Israeli military.

history

The roots of the kibbutz lie in a free-church Württemberg parish that emerged in the post-war period on the Fildern and in Gerstetten . It was founded by the X-ray nurse Emma Berger after she recovered from a serious illness. This community had its seat in 1958 in Korntal near Stuttgart. Shortly after the church was planted, the church began to take a Zionist interest in Israel in the Christian sense and opened its Kibbutz Beth El in the area of Binjamina in 1963 .

In 1972 Beth-el Industries opened. In 1982 they presented their first air filter, but with little response because it could only filter out biological and chemical warfare agents.

Emma Berger died in 1984.

In 1989 the first air filter was sold to the Israeli military. During the Gulf War , reservations of the ultra-Orthodox Jews who had previously pelted members of Bet El with stones were reduced. Bet El took many Orthodox into the bunkers of their factories.

The entrepreneurial success of the kibbutz came on September 11, 2001 , when everyone wanted to protect itself from further acts of terrorism.

Beth-el Industries and Beth-El Food

It is an essential principle of the companies not to compete with or displace any local Israeli company. Instead, it is exported worldwide.

Kibbutz Beth-El owns seven factories and other companies belonging to Beth-El Industries , making it the second largest employer in Zichron Ya'akov after the local association . Beth-el Industries alone has 1,800 employees. It supplies the Israeli Ministry of Defense, NATO, Intel, as well as NGOs, hospitals and kindergartens in several countries.

Beth-el Industries, with Noah's Ark, is the world market leader in its area of ​​protecting tents, cars and houses against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons using negative pressure systems .

The kibbutz also produces jams, chocolates, biscuits, bed linen, covers, pillows and neck supports .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i Beth El: Faith drives Christian factory to filter Jewish air . Apologeticsindex.org. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  2. a b Historical Perspectives - 3/13/2003 . United Jerusalem. March 13, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. http://www.giessener-anzeiger.de/lokales/kreis-giessen/allendorf-lda/11047409.htm  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.giessener-anzeiger.de  
  4. a b c d "את כל הישועה קיבלנו מעם ישראל, מה שאנחנו עושים נועד לבניין הארץ ולא למלא את הכיסים" - קריירה - דה מרer . Themarker.com. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.themarker.com
  5. a b churches, sects, religions, a manual, greeted by Oswald Eggenberger, ISBN 978-3-290-17215-2 , p. 176 online
  6. http://www.israeltrade.org.au/beth-el-industries/
  7. http://www.moital.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/ICA/Industrial_cooperation_in_israel2011-2012/pdf/Rashpat_082.pdf
  8. Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.israel-spezialitaeten.de
  9. http://www.specialtyfood.com/news-trends/featured-articles/sofi-awards/beth-el-food-ltd-aunt-bertas-apricot-preserves/

Coordinates: 32 ° 34 '  N , 34 ° 58'  E