Ginegar
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Ginegaris a kibbutz
in northern Israel
. Located near Migdal HaEmek, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 481.
. The Kibbutz was named after the ancient well of Gingar, which can today still be found under the laundry. The kibbutz founders, working at moshav
im in the area at the time, came in the second
and third Aliyah
s. They joined together in 1920 to establish Deganya Gimel. They arrived at the Ginegar Estate—originally named Nginagar—due to a lack of land in their mother settlement.
. Ginegar accepted volunteers who lived and worked on the kibbutz for many years, but the volunteer program shut down in 2007.
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
in northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located near Migdal HaEmek, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, 15 moshavim, 6 communal settlements and two Bedouin villages...
. In 2006 it had a population of 481.
History
The kibbutz was established in 1922 on the lands of the Lower Galilee on the eve of Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah , , is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im which occur in the autumn...
. The Kibbutz was named after the ancient well of Gingar, which can today still be found under the laundry. The kibbutz founders, working at moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
im in the area at the time, came in the second
Second Aliyah
The Second Aliyah was an important and highly influential aliyah that took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from the Russian Empire, some from Yemen....
and third Aliyah
Third Aliyah
The third Aliyah refers to the third wave of the Jewish immigration to Israel from Europe who came inspired by Zionist motives between the years 1919 and 1923 . A symbol of the start of the third immigration wave is the arrival of the boat "Roselan" in the Jaffa Port on December 19, 1919...
s. They joined together in 1920 to establish Deganya Gimel. They arrived at the Ginegar Estate—originally named Nginagar—due to a lack of land in their mother settlement.
Economy
Next to the kibbutz is a large plastics factory, also named Ginegar. The factory produces mainly plastic products for agricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
. Ginegar accepted volunteers who lived and worked on the kibbutz for many years, but the volunteer program shut down in 2007.