Maoz Haim

Maoz Haim
Maoz Haim
Coordinates: 32°29′34.94″N 35°33′2.31″E / 32.4930389°N 35.5506417°E / 32.4930389; 35.5506417Coordinates: 32°29′34.94″N 35°33′2.31″E / 32.4930389°N 35.5506417°E / 32.4930389; 35.5506417
District Northern
Council Valley of Springs
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1937
Founded by Immigrants from Germany and Poland
Population (2017)[1] 488
Website www.maoz.org.il

Maoz Haim (Hebrew: מָעוֹז חַיִּים‬, lit. Haim's Fortress) is a kibbutz in Israel. Located adjacent to the Jordan River in the Beit She'an valley and falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 488.[1] Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz also has a plastics factory, "Poliraz".

Etymology

The kibbutz was established in 1937 by immigrants from Poland and Germany and was named after Haim Shturman, a member of the Hagana, who was killed there in 1938.

Zakum nature reserve

South of the kibbutz is a small (11 dunam) nature reserve of Balanites aegyptiaca trees, called the Hurshat Zakum (Maoz Haim) reserve, declared in 1968.[2] Zakum is the Hebrew name of the tree. This is probably the northernmost occurrence of these trees in the world.[3]

Notable residents

  • Chava Birnbaum (born as Helene Jerusalem 1923), granddaughter of the Austrian-Jewish philosopher, progressive educationalist and pacifist Wilhelm Jerusalem
  • Dvora Omer (born 1932), author
  • Ilan Shiloah (born 1957), businessman

Archaeological Excavations

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Zakum (Maoz Haim) Nature Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
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