- Alonei Abba
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Alonei Abba
hebname=Hebrew|אלוני אבא
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latd=32 |latm=43 |lats=46.2 |latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=10 |longs=18.47 |longEW=E
district=north
foundation = 1948
founded_by =Austria n andRomania n immigrants
region =Lower Galilee
council = Jezreel Valley
industry =
affiliation =HaOved HaTzioni
website = [http://aloney-aba.org.il/blog/index.php aloney-aba.org.il]Alonei Abba ( _he. אַלּוֹנֵי אַבָּא, "lit." Abba's
Oak s) is amoshav shitufi , or semi-cooperative village, in northernIsrael . It is located in theLower Galilee nearBethlehem of Galilee andAlonim , in the hills east ofKiryat Tivon . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=789914&contrassID=2&subContrassID=20] Alonei Abba falls under the jurisdiction ofJezreel Valley Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 387.History
Alonei Abba was established on the site of the German Templer colony of Waldheim, founded in 1907. The residents, who were German citizens, were expelled by the British during
World War II in the wake of their support of theNazi s.On May 12, 1948, a group of young Zionist pioneers from
Czechoslavakia ,Austria andRumania , members ofHanoar Hatzioni , establishedKibbutz HaMa'avak (lit. "The Struggle") in the abandoned colony, after four years of agricultural training inHerzliya . Three years later, the kibbutz became a moshav shitufi and the name was changed to "Alonei Abba" in memory ofAbba Berdichev , who was parachuted into Czechoslovakia in 1943 to assist clandestine British forces, but was captured and executed in 1945. [http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/Parachutists.htm]Landmarks
In 1916, the Templers built the Evangelical church at Alonei Abba, which still stands today. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1180450953667&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter] The Alon winery, surrounded by a grove of oak trees, is located in the former Templer dairy. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3075596,00.html]
Notable residents
Shlomo Artzi References
External links
* [http://aloney-aba.org.il/blog/index.php Moshav website] he icon
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