Sa'ar

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Sa'ar
סַעַר
Sa'ar
Coordinates: 33°1′42.6″N 35°6′34.56″E / 33.028500°N 35.1096000°E / 33.028500; 35.1096000Coordinates: 33°1′42.6″N 35°6′34.56″E / 33.028500°N 35.1096000°E / 33.028500; 35.1096000
District Northern
Council Mateh Asher
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded August 1948
Founded by Hashomer Hatzair and
Holocaust survivors
Population (2015)[1] 780
Name meaning Storm

Sa'ar (Hebrew: סַעַר, lit. Storm) is a kibbutz in the western Galilee in Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 780.

History

The kibbutz was founded in August 1948 by members of the Socialist-Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair and Holocaust survivors on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Az-Zeeb, south of the village site.[2][3][4]

In August 2006, many of the kibbutz residents fled in the wake of Hezbollah rocket fire of up to 60 rockets a day. Kibbutz member David Lelchook was killed by shrapnel from a missile that hit the front yard of his home.[5]

Economy

Bermad Water Control Solutions, jointly owned with Kibbutz Evron, manufactures automatically activated hydraulic valves used in water, fuel and fire extinguishing systems.[6]

Notable residents

The kibbutz gained recognition as the farming community in which the comedian Jerry Seinfeld worked as a volunteer at the age of 16.[7]

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Kibbutz Sa'ar website
  3. Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 37, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  5. Rocket kills American oleh at Kibbutz Sa’ar The Jerusalem Post
  6. Bermad Water Control Solutions looking to float stock Haaretz
  7. Jerry Seinfeld show in Atlantic City
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