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Kvutzat Yavne is a religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 in the Center District
Center District (Israel)

The Center District of Israel is one of Districts of Israel, including most of the Sharon plain region. The district capital is Ramla. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion....
 of Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located in the coastal plain
Israeli Coastal Plain

The Israeli Coastal Plain is the narrow coastal plain along Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast which houses 70% of the country's population. The plain extends north to south and is divided into a number of areas; the Plain of Zebulun , Hof HaCarmel Regional Council , the Sharon plain , and the Plain of Judea ....
 just east of Ashdod
Ashdod

Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council
Hevel Yavne Regional Council

Hevel Yavne Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it covers 32,000 dunams and six religious communities....
. In 2007 it had a population of 1,100.

idea of Kvutzat Yavne was conceived in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The intention of the founders was to make the area near ancient Yavne
Yavne

Yavne is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200....
 (from which it takes its name) the site of a religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 and a yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
. These founders, members of the Religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 movement, began to prepare themselves for agricultural work on German farms in 1929.






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Kvutzat Yavne is a religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 in the Center District
Center District (Israel)

The Center District of Israel is one of Districts of Israel, including most of the Sharon plain region. The district capital is Ramla. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion....
 of Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located in the coastal plain
Israeli Coastal Plain

The Israeli Coastal Plain is the narrow coastal plain along Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast which houses 70% of the country's population. The plain extends north to south and is divided into a number of areas; the Plain of Zebulun , Hof HaCarmel Regional Council , the Sharon plain , and the Plain of Judea ....
 just east of Ashdod
Ashdod

Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council
Hevel Yavne Regional Council

Hevel Yavne Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it covers 32,000 dunams and six religious communities....
. In 2007 it had a population of 1,100.

History

The idea of Kvutzat Yavne was conceived in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The intention of the founders was to make the area near ancient Yavne
Yavne

Yavne is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200....
 (from which it takes its name) the site of a religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 and a yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
. These founders, members of the Religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 movement, began to prepare themselves for agricultural work on German farms in 1929. Shortly thereafter, they immigrated
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 to Mandate Palestine. They initially settled near Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams ....
 on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Finally, in 1941, the 180-person group of German Zionists, began to build Kvutzat Yavne at its intended location. The kibbutz continued to grow, joined by German, American, and Sabras
Sabra (person)

Sabra is a term used to describe a Jew born in Israel. In contrast, an oleh or olah is a person who immigrates to Israel under Aliyah....
. It came to be known as the cradle of the Religious Kibbutz Movement
Religious Kibbutz Movement

The Religious Kibbutz Movement is an settlement movement for Orthodox Judaism kibbutzim in Israel. Its membership includes 19 communities, 16 of them traditional kibbutzim, and two others in the category of moshav shitufi , meaning that they have no communal dining hall or children's house but maintain a shared economy....
, with which the kibbutz is associated.

Economy

Most of Yavne's agricultural production is in field crops
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, fruit orchard
Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food agriculture. Orchards comprise fruit tree or nut -producing trees grown for commercial production....
s, poultry
Poultry

Poultry is the category of domesticated birds which some people keep for the purpose of collecting their egg , or kill for their meat and/or feathers....
, and dairy
Dairy

A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk—mostly from goat or cattle, but also from bovine, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption....
, all contained within approximately 1500 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
s (6 kmē) of land. Major industry located on the kibbutz includes olive
Olive

The Olive is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea....
 and cucumber
Cucumber

The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash , and in the same genus as the muskmelon....
 processing plants, the "" watch factory, and the largest chicken
Chicken

The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....
 hatchery in the country (dispatching 600,000 chicks per day). It is also the location of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh is a major yeshiva in Israel near the city of Ashdod and adjacent to Kvutzat Yavne....
, the first Hesder Yeshiva.

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