Naʿan
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| District : | Central | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 53 ' N , 34 ° 52' E | ||
| Height : | 90 m | ||
| Residents : | 1671 (as of 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 0158 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Na'an ( Hebrew נען, spoken: [ ˈnʌʔʌn ]) is a kibbutz near the city of Rechovot in the central district of Israel . The kibbutz had 1671 inhabitants in 2018.
The collective agricultural settlement was founded in September 1930 by 42 members of the youth organization Histadrut ha-No'ar ha-Owed we-ha-Lomed, who grew up in the country, on land that they had previously acquired with the help of the Jewish National Fund (KKL) belonged to the Arab village of Al-Na'ani . The kibbutz was named after the biblical place Na'ama (Joshua 15:41), which was believed to be on the excavation mound near Al-Na'ani.
Members of Na'an - including Yisrael Galili - played a key role in the Hagana , which became the headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 1948 . The kibbutz started out with vegetable and dairy farming and over the years developed a thriving irrigation system industry . Since the 1980s, facilities in Na'an have also been privatized, gradually abandoning the socialist working methods of the founding phase. Due to its strong preoccupation with agriculture and fruit growing , Kibbutz Na'an has recently become a center of organic farming in Israel.
Sons and daughters (selection)
- Moshe Carmel (1911–2003), soldier and politician
- Einav Galili (* 1969), journalist, satirist, television and radio presenter
- Shmarya Guttman (1909–1996), also known as Shmaryahu Gutman, archaeologist
- Yisrael Galili (1911–1986), soldier and politician
- Erel Margalit (* 1961), Israeli politician and entrepreneur
- Michal Negrin , jewelry designer
Web links
- Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land, Jerusalem 3rd ed. 1993, p. 343
- ↑ Article about Michal Negrin and her daughter. Haaretz
- ↑ Article on Michal Negrin. Jerusalem Post