Tzippori () is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 ...

in northern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, in the

Lower Galilee The Lower Galilee (; ar, الجليل الأسفل, translit=Al Jalil Al Asfal) is a region within the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. The Lower Galilee is bordered by the Jezreel Valley to the south; the Upper Galilee to t ...

. The moshav is within the jurisdiction of the

Jezreel Valley Regional Council Jezreel Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el'') is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzi ...

. The moshav is located at the site of the ancient settlement of Sepphoris, after which it was named.

History

The moshav was established in 1949 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian town of

Saffuriya Sepphoris (; grc, Σέπφωρις, Séphōris), called Tzipori in Hebrew ( he, צִפּוֹרִי, Tzipori),Palmer (1881), p115/ref> and known in Arabic as Saffuriya ( ar, صفورية, Ṣaffūriya) since the 7th century, is an archaeolog ...

; 3km SE of the village site. The moshav was established with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Moshavim Movement. In the early 2000s an additional neighborhood was added.

Notable residents

Boaz Ellis Boaz Ellis (born October 15, 1981) is an Israeli foil fencer. He is a 5-time Israeli national champion, and a 3-time NCAA champion. Biography Ellis was born in Tzippori, a moshav in Israel, and is Jewish. He attended Chaklai Nahalal High Schoo ...

, fencerBoaz Ellis inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame
Ohio State Buckeyes *

Amir Segal Amir Akiva Segal ( he, עמיר עקיבא סגל; born in 1980 in Tzippori) is a poet, literary critic, employment consultant and the CEO of Ovdim. Biography Segal holds a BA in psychology and philosophy from the Hebrew University, and a mas ...

, poet

References

{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Northern District (Israel)