| Ein Tzurim | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 23 October 1946 (in Gush Etzion) 1949 (current location) |
| Founded by | Bnei Akiva members |
| Region | Northern Negev |
| Industries | Agriculture, manufacturing, tourism |
| Affiliation | Religious Kibbutz Movement |
| Website | Ein Tzurim |
Ein Tzurim (Hebrew: עין צורים, lit. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gush Etzion (גוש עציון literally bloc of Etzion) refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bnei Akiva (בני עקיבא founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929 is the largest religious Zionist Youth movement in the world today The geography of Israel is diverse with Desert conditions in the south and snow-capped mountains in the north The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. The Religious Kibbutz Movement (הקיבוץ הדתי HaKibbutz HaDati, lit A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Rocks Spring) is a religious kibbutz, located south of Kiryat Malakhi in south-central Israel. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in (קִרְיַת מַלְאָכִי also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city council governed municipality in Israel 's Southern District For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. It is under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council, and is a member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement. Shafir Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel near the city of Kiryat Gat. The Religious Kibbutz Movement (הקיבוץ הדתי HaKibbutz HaDati, lit
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History
Original kibbutz
The kibbutz was founded on 23 October 1946 as a new settlement in Gush Etzion (east of the present-day location). Gush Etzion (גוש עציון literally bloc of Etzion) refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part Its founders were members of the fifth group (Gar'in) of Bnei Akiva who stayed in Tirat Zvi before then. Bnei Akiva (בני עקיבא founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929 is the largest religious Zionist Youth movement in the world today Tirat Zvi (טירת צבי lit Zvi Castle) is a religious Kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. In the 1948 Arab-Israeli war the kibbutz was destroyed along with all the other settlements in Gush Etzion, by the Jordanian army. Royal Jordanian Land Force is part of the Jordanian Armed forces (JAF The men who stayed there to fight were captured as prisoners of war.
With the renewal of Jewish settlement in Gush Etzion after the Six-Day War, a new kibbutz called Rosh Tzurim was founded on the original location of Ein Tzurim. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt Rosh Tzurim (ראש צורים lit Head of Rocks) is a religious Israeli settlement and Kibbutz in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank
Modern location
In 1949 the people who left Ein Tzurim founded a new settlement in south-central Israel near the existing settlements of Zerahia, Shafir and Merkaz Shapira, and they named it "Ein Tzurim" as a symbol of continuity. Merkaz Shapira (מֶרְכַּז שַׁפִּירָא also Shapira Center, is a religious village in the South District of Israel.
In the 1980s two major educational centers were built in the area of the kibbutz: a Yeshiva, Yeshivat Kibbutz HaDati, and the Yaakov Herzog center for the study of Judaism. Yaakov Herzog ( Hebrew: יעקב הרצוג was an Israeli Diplomat.
About half a year after the Gaza disengagement in summer 2005, some of the evacuees from Gush Katif, in particular those from Neve Dekalim and Netzer Hazani, moved into a trailer park that belongs to the kibbutz and is located nearby. Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ( Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תוכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut in Gush Katif (גוש קטיף "Harvest Bloc" was a bloc of 17 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza strip. Neve Dekalim (נוה דקלים was an illegal Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip. Netzer Hazani (נצר חזני was an Israeli settlement located in the northeast corner of the Gush Katif settlement bloc and evacuated in Israel's disengagement A trailer park is a neighborhood consisting of an area of land where Travel trailers rest Permanent housing is planned for the evacuees in the area of the kibbutz.
Economy
The kibbutz is largely dependent upon agriculture, with arable and fruit (lemon, persimmon and artichokes) farming and the rearing of cows and turkeys. This article refers to the edible fruit For the British construction company see Persimmon plc; for the racehorse see Persimmon (horse. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family There is also an air-conditioner factory and a motel.
Annually starting in 2007, during the Spring months a small group of American volunteers from the Conservative movement's post-high school year program, Nativ, live on the kibbutz and work with the kibbutz members at their regular jobs.
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
- Ein Tzurim Kfar Etzion (Hebrew)
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