Tuval () is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

in northern

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. Located in the

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near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of .

History

The village was founded in 1980 by

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and

Habonim Dror Habonim Dror (, "the builders–freedom") is a Jewish Labor Zionist youth movement formed in 1982 through the merger of two earlier movements: Habonim and Dror. Habonim (, "the builders") was established in 1929 in the United Kingdom and later e ...

members from

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and

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and was named after the biblical Tuval, a descendant of

Cain Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first couple within the Bible. He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God. How ...

(Genesis 4:22).''Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land''. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.464, In 2000 a community neighborhood was set up within the boundaries of Tuval. Today Tuval is both a kibbutz and a community settlement

Notable people

* Robbie Gringras, theatre artist

References

External links

* {{Authority control English-Jewish culture in Israel Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1980 1980 establishments in Israel Populated places in Northern District (Israel) South African-Jewish culture in Israel