Alonei Yitzhak
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Alonei Yitzhak is a youth village
in northern Israel
. Located near Binyamina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 210.
The village was established in 1948 by Yehiel Harif to absorb children who had survived the Holocaust. It was named after Yitzhak Gruenbaum
. Today the village is a boarding school
that teaches 400 children from 7th to 12th grade.
), in close proximity to the youth village. Other flora in the oak forest includes Cyclamen persicum
, Calicotome villosa, Ephedra
, Sea Squill, and Asphodelus microcarpus.
Youth village
A youth village is a boarding school model first developed in Mandate Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis...
in northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located near Binyamina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council
Menashe Regional Council
The Menashe Regional Council is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District.-List of localities:...
. In 2006 it had a population of 210.
The village was established in 1948 by Yehiel Harif to absorb children who had survived the Holocaust. It was named after Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Yitzhak Gruenbaum was a noted leader of the Zionist movement among Polish Jewry between the two world wars and of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, and the first Interior Minister of Israel.-Education and journalistic career:Gruenbaum was born in Warsaw, Poland...
. Today the village is a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
that teaches 400 children from 7th to 12th grade.
Alonei Yitzhak nature reserve
A 31-acre nature reserve was declared in 1969, mainly of old Valonia oak trees (Quercus macrolepisQuercus macrolepis
Quercus macrolepis, the Valonia oak, is a tree in the family Fagaceae.It is found in the Southern Mediterranean, in the Balkans including the Greek Islands, in Morocco, and in Asia Minor.-Description:...
), in close proximity to the youth village. Other flora in the oak forest includes Cyclamen persicum
Cyclamen persicum
Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to above sea level from south-central Turkey to Israel and Jordan. It also grows in Algeria and Tunisia and on the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Crete,...
, Calicotome villosa, Ephedra
Ephedra (genus)
Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales. Ephedra grows in dry climates over wide areas of the northern hemisphere, including southwestern North America, Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia, and, in the southern...
, Sea Squill, and Asphodelus microcarpus.