Tirat Zvi

Coordinates: 32°25′18″N 35°31′28″E / 32.42167°N 35.52444°E / 32.42167; 35.52444
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Tirat Zvi
טִירַת צְבִי‎
Romanian Jews
Population
 (2022)
1,021[1]
Websitetiratzvi.org.il

Tirat Zvi (

Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,021.[1]

Etymology

Tirat Zvi means Zvi's Fort. It was named after Rabbi

Musa al-Alami.[2]

History

Tirat Zvi 1939
Tirat Zvi 1937

The kibbutz was founded on 30 June 1937, during the

Mandate Palestine) was located through which many of the founders of Tirat Zvi had passed. Kvutzat Shahal was named after the founder of the Mizrachi movement
, Shmuel Chaim Landau (1892–1928), known by his Hebrew acronym "ShaChaL", or "lion".

Tirat Zvi synagogue

The kibbutz was attacked on 28 February 1938, still during the Arab revolt, by a group of armed Arabs. The attack was repelled with many casualties on both sides.[2] On 20 February 1948, before the neighboring Arab nations officially joined the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, a battalion of the Arab Liberation Army led by Muhammed Safa attacked Tirat Zvi. The ALA unit was repelled after 60 of the attackers being killed. One kibbutz member, Naftali Friedlander, was also killed in the fighting.[citation needed]

The settlement of Tirat Zvi was established on the land of[dubious – discuss] the now-depopulated villages of al-Khunayzir and al-Zarra'a.[3]

Climate

Tirat Zvi sits 220 meters below

thermograph data it seems to have been somewhere between 52.0 to 54.4 °C and possibly less than it.[5]

Economy

The kibbutz operates a

Volcani Institute, Tirat Zvi developed a method of preserving the palm fronds for several months, allowing them to be harvested in the spring and sold in the fall, for use on the holiday of Sukkot. In 2009, it produced 70,000 lulavs.[6]

Archaeology

At Tell Radra, a nearby archaeological site, a repurposed dedication to the Palmyran god Azizos, intended for the well-being of the emperors, was discovered in a ruined structure. It is engraved on a flat basalt stone and found its current location at the Katzrin Archaeological Museum.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d History of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi Yorav
  3. ISBN 0-88728-224-5
    .
  4. ^ "Eastern Hemisphere: Highest Temperature". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
  5. Sulaibya in Kuwait
    holds the record for highest temperature in Asia with 53.6°C.
  6. ^ a b Ashkenazi, Eli (30 September 2009). "Lulav growers: Egyptian imports are pushing down prices". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. ISBN 978-3-11-071574-3
    , retrieved 2024-01-21

Further reading

  • Edna Margolis, Isidor Margolis, R. Cohen & J. Cohen, Jew and Arab on the Border: A story of Religious Pioneering, Hapoel Hamizrachi of America, 1940, New York, Edited by Aaron Binnun.

External links
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