Dorot ( he, דּוֹרוֹת, ''lit.'' Generations) is a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
in southern
Israel. Located on
Route 334 near
Sderot, it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the
Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Dorot was established during
Hanukkah in 1941 by
Jewish refugees from
Germany, who farmed grain, fruit trees, and vegetables.
Soil erosion
Soil erosion is the denudation or wearing away of the upper layer of soil. It is a form of soil degradation. This natural process is caused by the dynamic activity of erosive agents, that is, water, ice (glaciers), snow, air (wind), plants, and ...
was a particular problem for the kibbutz.
It was named after three members of the Hoz family,
Dov, Rivka and Tirtza, who had died in a car accident the year before. The founders were later joined by
native Israelis and immigrants from
Czechoslovakia and
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. In 1947 it had a population of 300.
In the summer of 1946, Dorot and the neighbouring village of
Ruhama were occupied by the British army. In their search for illicit arms in the village, the British troops inflicted considerable material damage on the village.
During the
1948 Arab-Israeli war
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, and the battle for the
Negev, Dorot was cut off and had to be supplied by air until it was liberated in October 1948.
After 1948, Dorot expanded on the land of the
Palestinian Arab village of
Huj, which was depopulated during the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
.
The
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...
established a forest on the settlement's land called the ''Pioneer Women's Forest'', funded by donor contributions from the
United States.
Notable people
*
Eliyahu Moyal
Eliyahu Moyal (, 2 August 1920 – 6 September 1991) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1974 and 1981.
Biography
Born in Salé in Morocco, Moyal became general secretary of the city's Communit ...
,
Knesset member
Historic photos
File:Butterfly Armored-car Gvar-Am-israel1948.jpg, "Dorot" Kibbutz children evacuated by improvised Armored cars before expected Egyptian attack, 1948
File:Dorot 1948.jpg, Yiftach 3rd Battalion Headquarters at Kibbutz Dorot in 1948
File:Dorot ii.jpg, Dorot airfield in 1948
References
External links
Kibbutz website
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1941 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Czech-Jewish culture in Israel
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German-Jewish culture in Israel
Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine
Kibbutzim
Kibbutz Movement
Latvian-Jewish culture in Israel
Populated places established in 1941
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Slovak-Jewish culture in Israel