Tel Yitzhak
תֵּל יִצְחָק‎
Tel Yitzhak is located in Central Israel
Tel Yitzhak
Tel Yitzhak
Coordinates: 32°15′9″N 34°52′9″E / 32.25250°N 34.86917°E / 32.25250; 34.86917
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHof HaSharon
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded1938
Founded byGalician Jews
Population
 (2021)[1]
823

Tel Yitzhak (Hebrew: תֵּל יִצְחָק, lit. 'Yitzhak Hill') is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain to the south-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 823.[1]

History

The region of Tel Yitzhak, bordering the wetlands of the Poleg stream, has been inhabited intermittently since the Middle Paleolithic age, with peak periods of settlement during the Middle and Late Bronze Age (17th–13th centuries BCE), the Byzantine (4th–7th centuries CE) and Late Ottoman periods (19–early 20th centuries CE).[2] Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon and was part of the lands of the village of Ghabat Kafr Sur. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.[3]

The kibbutz was established in 1938 by General Zionist immigrants[4] from Galicia as part of the tower and stockade settlement campaign. It was named after Yitzhak Steiger, a leader of HaNoar HaTzioni in Galicia.

Haaretz newspaper press, Tel Yitzhak

Masua, a center for Holocaust research and commemoration, was established on the kibbutz.[5]

Nature reserve

Southwest of the kibbutz is an 8-dunam nature reserve established in 1968[6] to protect flora and fauna native to the Sharon plain.[7] Flora includes Ceratonia siliqua, Calicotome villosa, Thymelaea hirsuta, Prasium majus, Anagyris, and Lavandula stoechas.

Historic images

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Marom, Roy (2008). From Time Immemorial: Chapters in the History of Even Yehuda and its Region in Light of Historical and Archaeological Research.
  3. ^ Marom, Roy (2022-12-01). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies". Muse. 5: 90–107.
  4. ^ Dov Levin (2000). The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania. Yad Vashem Jerusalem. p. 162. ISBN 9781571812643.
  5. ^ Berenbaum, Michael; Peck, Abraham J., eds. (2002). The Holocaust and History: The Known, the Unknown, the Disputed, and the Reexamined. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 797. ISBN 0-253-21529-3.
  6. ^ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  7. ^ "Tel Yitzhak Nature Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
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