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    Svetlana Velmar-Janković

    Kfar Masaryk
    כְּפַר מַסָּרִיק‎
    Kfar Masaryk in February 2008
    Kfar Masaryk in February 2008
    Etymology: Masaryk Village
    Kfar Masaryk is located in Northwest Israel
    Kfar Masaryk
    Kfar Masaryk
    Kfar Masaryk is located in Israel
    Kfar Masaryk
    Kfar Masaryk
    Coordinates: 32°53′27″N 35°5′59″E / 32.89083°N 35.09972°E / 32.89083; 35.09972
    Country Israel
    DistrictNorthern
    CouncilMateh Asher
    AffiliationKibbutz Movement
    Founded29 November 1938
    Founded byCzechoslovak and Lithuanian Jews
    Population
     (2022)[1]
    		902
    Websitewww.kfar-masaryk.org.il

    Kfar Masaryk (/ˈmæsərɪk/,[2] Hebrew: כְּפַר מַסָּרִיק, lit. 'Masaryk Village') is a kibbutz in northern Israel.[3][4] Located in Western Galilee near the Belus River and south of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 902.[1]

    History

    The founders were Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Lithuania, who settled in Petah Tikva in 1932. The following year they formed Kibbutz Czecho-Lita and moved to Bat Galim in Haifa. In 1934, they moved to an area of sand dunes near Kiryat Haim and changed the name of the group to "Mishmar Zevulun" (Guard of the Zevulun).[5] In 1937 they were joined by a group of Polish Jewish immigrants who were members of Hayotzer.

    Despite opposition from the Jewish Agency, who reasoned that the sandy soil could not support agriculture, Mishmar Zevulun was established on 29 November 1938 as the 29th tower and stockade settlement. In 1940 the kibbutz moved to its present site and was renamed Kfar Masaryk after Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia.[6]

    Economy

    The kibbutz grows cotton, tomatoes and avocados; breeds cattle, poultry and carp; and operates paper and cardboard box factories. It also manufactures electronic devices.[7]

    • Kfar Masaryk, circa 1940-1950
      Kfar Masaryk, circa 1940-1950
    • Kfar Masaryk water tower 1940
      Kfar Masaryk water tower 1940
    • Kfar Masaryk 1940 opening ceremony
      Kfar Masaryk 1940 opening ceremony

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
    2. ^ "Masaryk". dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018.
    3. ^ "Kfar Masaryk". kibbutzimofisrael.netzah.org. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
    4. ^ "Kefar Masaryk Map — Satellite Images of Kefar Masaryk". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
    5. ^ Man, Nadav (15 February 2009). "Naaman factory: Settlement's building blocks". Ynet. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
    6. ^ Wein, Martin (11 February 2015). A History of Czechs and Jews: A Slavic Jerusalem. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 1317608216. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
    7. ^ "Intensifying of the cooperation with kibbutz Kfar Masaryk". Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tel Aviv. 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar_Masaryk

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