Merhavia (moshav)
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Merhavia (Template:Langx, lit. "Space of God") is a moshav in northern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council and in Template:Israel populations had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations Founded in 1911,Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". it was the first modern Jewish settlement in the Jezreel Valley.
Etymology
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Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement.
In the metaphorical sense: "God set me free" - the experience of the Jews immigrating to the Land of Israel and achieving a new homeland without the straits of persecution.
History
Co-operative
The village was established as the Co-operative in Merhavia, a co-operative farm, at the beginning of 1911, based on the ideas of Franz Oppenheimer.[1] The founders had arrived in the area in 1910 and consisted of members of Kvutzat Kibush and workers of the Second Aliyah. It was supposed to operate as a co-operative farm with differential wages, and was founded with the assistance of Arthur Ruppin, Yehoshua Hankin, the Anglo-Palestine Bank and Eliyahu Blumenfeld. Alexander Baerwald designed and built the first solid buildings and the road net with a central square in 1915.[2]
Moshav
In 1922 it was converted to a moshav ovdimScript error: No such module "Unsubst". after being joined by Polish-Jewish immigrants and residents of Tel Aviv who wanted to work in agriculture.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". According to a census conducted in the same year by the British Mandate authorities, the settlement had a population of 135 Jews.[3]
In 1929 a kibbutz, also by the name of Merhavia, was established next to the moshav.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Gallery
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Merhavia founders 1910
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Merhavia first building 1911
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Merhavia members of Hashomer 1915
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Merhavia residents 1920
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Merhavia 1921
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Merhavia 1929
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Merhavia 1941
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Moshav Merhavia 1947
Notable residents
- Henry Einspruch (1892–1977), a Galician-born Jew who converted to Lutheranism, becoming a Messianic missionary affiliated with the Hebrew Christian movement, best known for translating the Christian New Testament into Yiddish.
References
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- ↑ Co-operation in Palestine New York Times, 17 March 1914
- ↑ Myra Warhaftig Template:In lang (Template:Langx), "Alex Baerwald", in: id., Sie legten den Grundstein. Leben und Wirken deutschsprachiger jüdischer Architekten in Palästina 1918-1948, Berlin and Tübingen: Wasmuth, 1996, pp. 34-41, here p. 35. Template:ISBN
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