Pelekh
Encyclopedia
Pelekh is a kibbutz
in northern Israel
. Located in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council
. Named after the Bible (Proverbs 31:19) together with the nearby kibbutz Kishor, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence.
The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair
members.
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 in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel
Karmiel
Karmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre-Safed road, from Safed and from Acre...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council
Misgav Regional Council
The Misgav Regional Council is a regional council in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The regional council is home to 22,000 people, and comprises 35 small towns, mostly community settlements but also several Kibbutzim and Moshavim. The population of 29 of these is primarily Jewish, and 6...
. Named after the Bible (Proverbs 31:19) together with the nearby kibbutz Kishor, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence.
The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in 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...
members.