Ayanot
Ayanot
עֲיָנוֹת | |
|---|---|
| File:PikiWiki Israel 32878 Ayanot School.JPG | |
| Etymology: Springs | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′57″N 34°46′5″E / 31.91583°N 34.76806°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Founded | 30 March 1930–12 January 1932 |
| Founded by | Ada Maimon |
| Population (2022)[1] | 342 |
| Website | ayanot.org.il |
Ayanot (Hebrew: עֲיָנוֹת, lit. 'Fountains') is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 342.[1]
Etymology
The village was named after the numerous springs in the area, though other sources claim it is taken from Deuteronomy 8:7; "For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills."[2] The Jewish National Fund wrote in 1949 that the name is derived from the Arabic.[3]
History
The foundation of the village began with the purchase of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land by Ada Maimon as a girl's training farm[3] in 1926. The village was established on 30 March 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on 12 January 1932; until then they had lived in nearby Ness Ziona.[3] During World War II, the village became an agricultural school and took in young Holocaust survivors who had succeeded in immigrating. Today it is home to a boarding school for 180 pupils. A few years ago, the agricultural school opened a miniature horse farm and one of its horses was a runner-up in the 2008 world championship for miniature horses.[4] In 2010, the village celebrated its 80th anniversary.[4]
Gallery
-
Ayanot 1941 1:20,000
-
Ayanot1945 1:250,000
-
Ayanot 1930
-
Ayanot 1934
-
Ayanot 1945
-
Worker's farm 1945
-
Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948
_-_YOUTH_ALIYA_YOUNGSTERS_STUDYING.jpg){kind=link}
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ↑ "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.