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Neot Semadar is a community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 located in the Arabah
Arabah

The Arabah is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east....
 valley in southern 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....
. Considered to be a kibbutz by the State for technical reasons, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council
Hevel Eilot Regional Council

Hevel Eilot Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel, near the city of Eilat. It is the southernmost regional council in Israel....
.

Semadar was founded in 1989 based on the principles of Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti , was a well known writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: the purpose of meditation, human wikt:relationships, the nature of the mind, and how to enact Social change in global society....
. It is located on the site of an older defunct kibbutz called Shizafon .

kibbutz's economy is largely based on agriculture, with fish farming and vegetables complementing 150 dunam
Dunam

A dunam or d?n?m, dunum, donum is a Units of measurement of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire....
s of organically cultivated 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....
 orchards.






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Neot Semadar is a community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 located in the Arabah
Arabah

The Arabah is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east....
 valley in southern 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....
. Considered to be a kibbutz by the State for technical reasons, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council
Hevel Eilot Regional Council

Hevel Eilot Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel, near the city of Eilat. It is the southernmost regional council in Israel....
.

History

Neot Semadar was founded in 1989 based on the principles of Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti , was a well known writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: the purpose of meditation, human wikt:relationships, the nature of the mind, and how to enact Social change in global society....
. It is located on the site of an older defunct kibbutz called Shizafon .

Economy

The kibbutz's economy is largely based on agriculture, with fish farming and vegetables complementing 150 dunam
Dunam

A dunam or d?n?m, dunum, donum is a Units of measurement of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire....
s of organically cultivated 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....
 orchards. All members and their children join in harvesting the olives manually. Olive oil
Olive oil

Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The wild olive tree originated in Anatolia and spread from there as far as southern Africa, Australia, Japan and China....
 is produced in a cold press set up with assistance from ICA and Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade in 2001. The high-quality oil has been conferred the highest grade by Israel's Olive Council.

Members are building an Arts Center with 14 workshops in fields such as Stained glass
Stained glass

For the Blackford Oakes novel, see Stained Glass The term stained glass can refer to the material of coloured glass or the craft of working with it....
, ceramics
Ceramic

File:Bridge from dental porcelain.jpgFile:Qing vase p1070256.jpgA ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetal solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling....
, textile
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
, wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
 and metal
Metal

In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....
s. The unique "desert-facility" is insulated with mud bricks and features a desert cooling tower for "air conditioning".

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