Neot Mordechai () 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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, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of .

History

The kibbutz was established on 2 November 1946 by Jewish

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from

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and

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. It was named in honour of Mordechai Rozovsky, a

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activist in

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. Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz is the home of Teva Naot, a shoe factory with branches all over Israel. File:נאות מרדכי - בערב העליה לנאות מרדכי, בנין גשר ארעי מעל הירדן-JNF034237.jpeg, Neot Mordechai building access bridge across

Jordan River The Jordan River or River Jordan (, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn''; , ''Nəhar hayYardēn''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Sharieat'' (), is a endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead ...

1946 File:נאות מרדכי - מראה נאות מרדכי מפאת מערבי צפוני-JNF034246.jpeg, Neot Mordechai 1947 File:נאות מרדכי - אסיפת חברי נאות מרדכי בהשתתפות חלוצי ארגנטינה.-JNF045237.jpeg, Neot Mordechai members 1947 File:נאות מרדכי - משתלה.-JNF045236.jpeg, Neot Mordechai 1947 File:121219 kibbutz neot mordechai PikiWiki Israel.png, Neot Mordechai 1947 File:121210 kibbutz neot mordechai PikiWiki Israel.png, Neot Mordechai 1963

References

External links

Official website

Teva Sport Sandals
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