Mahanayim
Sign in to saveMahanayim () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau, around three kilometres northeast of Rosh Pinna, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Key facts
- Kibbutz.name
- Mahanayim
- Kibbutz.image
- Mahanayim.jpg
- Kibbutz.imgsize
- 250px
- Kibbutz.foundation
- 1898 (first establishment)1916 (first re-establishment)
- Kibbutz.founded_by
- Galician Jews (1898)Poale Zion members (1916)Yodfat members (1939)
- Kibbutz.council
- Upper Galilee
- Kibbutz.affiliation
- Kibbutz Movement
- Kibbutz.pushpin_map
- Israel northeast#Israel
- Kibbutz.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Kibbutz.pushpin_label_position
- top
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kibbutz
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Upper Galilee Regional Council
- Population
- 686
- Elevation
- 270
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.kibm.co.il
- Image
- Mahanayim.jpg
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- Mahanayim
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- 1939-01-01
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Mahanayim () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau, around three kilometres northeast of Rosh Pinna, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The land on which Mahanayim stands was purchased in 1892 by the Ahavat Zion (Love of Zion) Hovevei Zion organization, with the aim of establishing a moshava in the area. In 1898 a number of families from Galicia settled in the area, naming it Mahanayim after the biblical city in Gilead, where Jacob stayed before he met again with his brother Esau and saw angels, therefore calling it Mahanayim (camps) of God (Genesis 32:2). However, it was not a success, largely due to the settlers' lack of familiarity with the region, a shortage of money, and a lack of professionalism, resulting in the community disintegrating. The Jewish Colonization Association ran a trial of growing tobacco in the area, but it too was a failure, and the village was abandoned in 1912.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahanayim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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