Ein HaHoresh () 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 the

Sharon Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name. In Anglosphere, English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, ...

region of the Central District of

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. Located to the north of

Netanya Netanya () () or Natanya (), is a city in the "Planet Bekasi" Central District (Israel), Setanyahu of Israel, Israel BAB ih, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the Poleg stre ...

and to the south of

Hadera Hadera (, ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon plain, Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5 mi) of ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

It was founded in November 1931 by

Hashomer Hatzair Hashomer Hatzair (, , 'The Young Guard') is a Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary. It was also the name of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party, the ...

members from

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. It was one of the first European settlements in the northern part of the Emek Hefer. The name of the kibbutz originates from a mistranslation of the Arabic name for the area, Wadi al-Hawarith () which was mistakenly translated as "valley of ploughmen." In fact, it originally referred to a

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tribe that had arrived in the area from Egypt. The kibbutz was cordoned off and occupied by the

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in December 1945 in connection with the struggle for free immigration. It was cordoned off and occupied by the British again in June 1946 along with its neighbor, Givat Haim. As part of the

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, the kibbutz stepped up its food production. By 1947 the kibbutz had a population of 450. In 2005 it went through a privatization process.

Economy

Pachmas Packaging, founded on the kibbutz in 1935, manufactures and markets rigid packaging for industrial markets.About Pachmas
/ref> Other economic branches are intensive citrus farming and milch cattle breeding.

Climate

Gallery

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Cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

harvesting in Ein HaHoresh, 1980

Notable people

* Abba Kovner (1918–1987), poet, writer, and partisan leader * Amos Meller (1938–2007), composer and conductor *

Benny Morris Benny Morris (; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. Morris was initially associated with the ...

(born 1948), historian *

Omer Bartov Omer Bartov ( ; born 1954) is an Israeli-American historian. He is the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, where he has taught since 2000. Bartov is a historian of the Holocaust and is considered a leading au ...

(born 1954), historian * Sagol 59 (born Khen Rotem, 1968), rapper, songwriter and guitarist * Jasmin Vardimon MBE (born 1971), choreographer and dancer

References

External links

* {{Authority control Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1931 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1931 establishments in Mandatory Palestine