Nes Ammim
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| hebrew : | נֵס עַמִּים | ||
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| District : | North | ||
| Founded : | 1964 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 58 ' N , 35 ° 7' E | ||
| Height : | 26 m | ||
| Residents : | 414 (as of 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 1143 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Nes Ammim ( Hebrew נֵס עַמִּים 'Sign of the Peoples' ) is a small Christian settlement with 414 residents (as of 2018) in the Mateh Ascher regional administration in the northern district of Israel . The place is about ten kilometers northeast of Akkon and eight kilometers southeast of Nahariya and is also known as the Christian kibbutz . Nes Ammim is committed to German-Israeli and inner-Israeli dialogue.
concept
Nes Ammim means sign for the peoples and is a quote from the book Isaiah ( Isa 11,10 LUT ). The Nes Ammim logo contains the fish as a symbol of Christianity and the ear as a symbol of agriculture. A prerequisite for the settlement was the renunciation of mission among Jews . The settlement does not function as a kibbutz , but as a moshaw Shitufi with private property. The Nes Ammim movement received the guiding principles that have developed over the years:
- A Christian theology that is devoid of mission to Jews
- Solidarity with the Jewish population
- Learn about the origins of Christianity by studying the Jewish tradition
- Participate in the peace process by organizing dialogue seminars between Jews and Arabs
history
Nes Ammim goes back to an idea of the Dutch doctor John Pilon and his wife Stijn, who had lived in Israel since 1950. Pilon found support for a Christian settlement as a sign of solidarity with the State of Israel founded in 1948 after the Holocaust , especially in the Netherlands , Germany , Switzerland and the United States . In these countries companies were founded to support the project and in 1961 a plot of 1 km² was acquired. In 1963 the first family came to the village from Switzerland. At first she lived in an old bus. A water supply was created with the help of the neighboring kibbutz Regba. The basis of agriculture was avocados and growing roses in greenhouses. Up to 200 seasonal workers were employed. The first German families came in 1970, the German resistance fighter Otto Busse lived here with his wife for three years. From 1978 a hotel and a youth hostel were built , tourism grew strongly, the population grew to 140 adults and 60 children and thousands of volunteers came from Europe and America. After 1990 tourism almost came to a standstill due to the intifada ; at the same time agriculture became unprofitable and in 2001 it was stopped. Today the guest house for pilgrims forms the material basis of the settlement, which is heavily dependent on donations.
From 2011 to 2016, the Rhenish theologian Rainer Stuhlmann worked as a study director in Nes Ammim.
The settlement today
Nes Ammim now functions as an ecumenical meeting center. There is a House of Prayer and Study which u. a. is used for Christian and Jewish services. It was opened in 1990 by Peter Beier , the President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . There is also a children's forest with a tree for each child born in the settlement and a small museum in the bus used by the first settlers. The hotel is surrounded by a botanical garden .
Web links
- nesammim.org - International website of the Nes Ammim movement
- nesammim.de - German Nes-Ammim Association
- nesammim.com - The Nes Ammim Guesthouse
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 .