Ma'ayan Baruch
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  Ma'ayan Baruch  Ma'ayan Baruch | |
| Coordinates:33°14′28″N35°36′32″E / 33.24111°N 35.60889°E /33.24111; 35.60889 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 11 March 1947 |
| Population (2023) | 893[1] |
Ma'ayan Baruch (Hebrew:מעיין ברוך,lit. 'Baruch Spring') is akibbutz in northernIsrael. Located near theLebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction ofUpper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 893.[1]
The kibbutz was founded on 11 March 1947,[2] on the site of Hamara, amoshav established by Jewish farmers in 1919 but abandoned in 1920 due to financial hardship and security issues. It was named for Baruch (Bernard) Gordon, a South African Zionist.[3] The founders were members of otherkvutzot who had met inKfar Giladi; members of the HaTenua HaMeuhedet youth movement, members ofHabonim who immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine asMa'apilim (illegal immigrants ofAliyah Bet), and members of agarin of pioneering soldiers fromSouth Africa who fought in theBritish Army duringWorld War II.[2]
After the1948 Palestine war, Ma'ayan Baruch took over part of the land belonging to the newly depopulatedPalestinian village ofal-Sanbariyya.[4]
During theGaza war, northern Israeli border communities, including Ma'ayan Baruch, faced targeted attacks byHezbollah andPalestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.[5]
A new neighborhood in Ma'ayan Baruch was built to attract newcomers and bring money into the kibbutz coffers in the wake of the socio-economic problems that have affected many kibbutzim since the 1980s. The newcomers are from other kibbutzim and townships in the region, as well as other parts of the country.[6]
A museum which holds a collection of prehistoric artifacts found in the Hula Valley, the Upper Galilee Museum of Prehistory, also known asThe Prehistoric Man Museum, is located on the kibbutz. The museum collection includes the skeleton of a prehistoric (Natufian) woman, approximately 50 years old, buried with her dog.[7][8]
AnAcheulian site was discovered at Ma‘ayan Baruch.[9]
![Early construction work on Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 1947. The 3 members of the British colonial Palestine Police Force pictured here include Amnon Assaf, founder of the Upper Galilee Museum of Prehistory.[10]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3a%25D7%259E%25D7%25A2%25D7%2599%25D7%259F_%25D7%2591%25D7%25A8%25D7%2595%25D7%259A_-_%25D7%2591%25D7%2599%25D7%2595%25D7%259D_%25D7%2594%25D7%25A2%25D7%259C%25D7%2599%25D7%2594_%25D7%259C%25D7%259E%25D7%25A2%25D7%2599%25D7%259F_%25D7%2591%25D7%25A8%25D7%2595%25D7%259A_%25D7%2594%25D7%25A6%25D7%25A8%25D7%2599%25D7%25A4%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%2594%25D7%25A8%25D7%2590%25D7%25A9%25D7%2595%25D7%25A0%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%259B%25D7%2591%25D7%25A8_%25D7%25A2%25D7%2595%25D7%259E%25D7%2593%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%25A2%25D7%259C_%25D7%25AA%25D7%2599%25D7%259C%25D7%259D%2c_%25D7%2594%25D7%25A2%25D7%2591%25D7%2595%25D7%2593%25D7%2594_%25D7%25A0%25D7%259E%25D7%25A9%25D7%259B%25D7%25AA_%25D7%25A9%25D7%2595%25D7%2598%25D7%25A8%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%2590%25D7%25A0%25D7%2592%25D7%259C%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%25A9%25D7%2595-JNF028674.jpeg)
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