Sde Ya'akov (, ''lit.'' Ya'akov Field) is a religious
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 an ...
in northern Israel. Located near
Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of
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 kibbutzim, ...
. In it had a population of .
History
Sde Ya'akov was established in 1927, largely from pioneers who had settled in
Sheikh Abreik after its purchase by the
Jewish Agency.
It was the first settlement founded by
Hapoel HaMizrachi
Hapoel HaMizrachi ( he, הַפּוֹעֵל הַמִּזְרָחִי, lit. '' Mizrachi Workers'') was a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was one of the predecessors of the National Religious Party and the Jewish Home.
History ...
and was named for
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines, founder of the
Mizrachi movement.
File:מראה שדה יעקב בעמק יזרעאל-JNF022176.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1928
File:שדה יעקב - מראה-JNF044094.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1935
File:שדה יעקב - מראה כללי.-JNF026982.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1945
File:הרפת בשדה-יעקב-JNF015190.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1947
Sde Ya'akov 1.JPG, A sign at the entrance to Sde Ya'akov
References
External links
The official website of Sde Yaakov
Sde Yaakovat the
Galilee Development Authority website
Moshav Sde Ya'akov Collection(in Hebrew) on the Digital collections of
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa
{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Moshavim
Religious Israeli communities
Populated places established in 1927
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1927 establishments in Mandatory Palestine