Kfar Menahem
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Kfar Menahem is a kibbutz
in Israel
located about 7 km east of Kiryat Malakhi in south-central Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council
.
Kibbutz Kfar Menahem has gained some recognition as the farming community the American comedian Sandra Bernhard
worked as a volunteer in the early 1970s.
named "Irgun
Menachem" in 1935 by a group of activists named "Irgun Menachem" after Menachem Osishkin founded in Rehovot
. During the Arab revolt in 1936, the place was abandoned by Jews and destroyed by Arabs.
On 28 July 1937 the moshav was re-established as part of the tower and Stockade
program but did not take hold. In 1939 the institutions for creating new settlements switched the members of "Irgun Menahem" with the nucleus "Kibbutz Krit", pioneers from the United States
and members of Hashomer Hatzair
, who were training in the moshava of Kfar Hadar, near Ramatayim. (The people of "Irgun Menachem" who left founded the moshav Kfar Warburg
on 31 October 1939.)
On 6 December 1939 a holiday to celebrate the kibbutz, now called "Kfar Menahem", was held by the founders from Israel and the members of "Kvutzat Krit". After a year, they left the walls (of the tower and stockade
) and founded a permanent settlement on a nearby hill, south of the wall. In the wall remained the first of three water wells of the kibbutz, and the bakery of the kibbutz.
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
the kibbutz expanded on about 9,000 dunams on land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Idnibah.
Today the kibbutz hosts Yoav Regional Council
's high school named "Tzafit", as well as a regional museum. There is a reconstruction of the original tower and stockade.
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 Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
located about 7 km east of Kiryat Malakhi in south-central Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel. It is located near the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon...
.
Kibbutz Kfar Menahem has gained some recognition as the farming community the American comedian Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of...
worked as a volunteer in the early 1970s.
History
The community was founded as a moshavMoshav
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...
named "Irgun
Irgun
The Irgun , or Irgun Zevai Leumi to give it its full title , was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization haHaganah...
Menachem" in 1935 by a group of activists named "Irgun Menachem" after Menachem Osishkin founded in Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
. During the Arab revolt in 1936, the place was abandoned by Jews and destroyed by Arabs.
On 28 July 1937 the moshav was re-established as part of the tower and Stockade
Tower and stockade
Tower and stockade was a settlement method used by Zionist settlers in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt, when the establishment of new Jewish settlements was restricted by the Mandatory authorities...
program but did not take hold. In 1939 the institutions for creating new settlements switched the members of "Irgun Menahem" with the nucleus "Kibbutz Krit", pioneers from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and members of Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine...
, who were training in the moshava of Kfar Hadar, near Ramatayim. (The people of "Irgun Menachem" who left founded the moshav Kfar Warburg
Kfar Warburg
Kfar Warburg is a large moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 873....
on 31 October 1939.)
On 6 December 1939 a holiday to celebrate the kibbutz, now called "Kfar Menahem", was held by the founders from Israel and the members of "Kvutzat Krit". After a year, they left the walls (of the tower and stockade
Tower and stockade
Tower and stockade was a settlement method used by Zionist settlers in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt, when the establishment of new Jewish settlements was restricted by the Mandatory authorities...
) and founded a permanent settlement on a nearby hill, south of the wall. In the wall remained the first of three water wells of the kibbutz, and the bakery of the kibbutz.
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...
the kibbutz expanded on about 9,000 dunams on land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Idnibah.
Today the kibbutz hosts Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel. It is located near the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon...
's high school named "Tzafit", as well as a regional museum. There is a reconstruction of the original tower and stockade.