Tel Yitzhak
Tel Yitzhak
תֵּל יִצְחָק | |
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  Tel Yitzhak | |
| Coordinates:32°15′9″N34°52′9″E/ 32.25250°N 34.86917°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hof HaSharon |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Founded by | GalicianJews |
| Population (2022)[1] | 834 |
Tel Yitzhak(Hebrew:תֵּל יִצְחָק,lit. 'Yitzhak Hill') is akibbutzin central Israel. Located in thecoastal plainto the south-east ofNetanya,it falls under the jurisdiction ofHof HaSharon Regional Council.In 2022 it had a population of 834.[1]
History
[edit]The region of Tel Yitzhak, bordering the wetlands of thePolegstream, has been inhabited intermittently since theMiddle Paleolithicage, with peak periods of settlement during theMiddleandLate Bronze Age(17th–13th centuries BCE), theByzantine(4th–7th centuries CE) andLate Ottomanperiods (19–early 20th centuries CE).[2]Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon and was part of the lands of the village ofGhabat Kafr Sur.It was an openwoodlanddominated byMount Tabor Oak,which extended fromKfar Yonain the north toRa'ananain the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in thecoastal plainduring the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequentenvironmental degradation.[3]
The kibbutz was established in 1938 byGeneral Zionistimmigrants[4]fromGaliciaas part of thetower and stockadesettlement campaign. It was named after Yitzhak Steiger, a leader ofHaNoar HaTzioniin Galicia.
Masua, a center for Holocaust research and commemoration, was established on the kibbutz.[5]
Nature reserve
[edit]Southwest of the kibbutz is an 8-dunamnature reserve established in 1968[6]to protect flora and fauna native to theSharon plain.[7]Flora includesCeratonia siliqua,Calicotome villosa,Thymelaea hirsuta,Prasium majus,Anagyris,andLavandula stoechas.
Historic images
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Tel Yitzhak construction of watchtower 1938 -
Tel Yitzhak construction of wall, July 1938 -
Tel Yitzhak 1939 -
Tel Yitzhak 1944 1:20,000 (bottom right quadrant:Tel Yits-haq)
References
[edit]- ^ab"Regional Statistics".Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.Retrieved21 March2024.
- ^Marom, Roy (2008).From Time Immemorial: Chapters in the History of Even Yehuda and its Region in Light of Historical and Archaeological Research.
- ^Marom, Roy (2022-12-01)."The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies".Muse.5:90–107.
- ^Dov Levin (2000).The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania.Yad Vashem Jerusalem. p. 162.ISBN9781571812643.
- ^Berenbaum, Michael; Peck, Abraham J., eds. (2002).The Holocaust and History: The Known, the Unknown, the Disputed, and the Reexamined.Bloomington, Indiana:Indiana University Press.p. 797.ISBN0-253-21529-3.
- ^"List of National Parks and Nature Reserves"(PDF)(in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 7, 2009.Retrieved2010-09-27.
- ^"Tel Yitzhak Nature Reserve"(in Hebrew). iNature.info.Retrieved2010-10-13.
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