Kedma, Israel
Encyclopedia
Kedma is a youth village
in the Shephelah
area of south-central Israel
. It is under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council
.
as part of the 11 points in the Negev
campaign in 1946. Because of social and economic difficulties the kibbutz was abandoned at the end of the 1960s, and it became later on a youth village.
The group that founded the community planned originally to locate it near Netanya
or the northwest shores of the Dead Sea
, but after the latter was captured by the Jordanian army, they moved to the present-day location.
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 the Shephelah
Shephelah
The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level. The area is fertile, and a temperate...
area of south-central Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel. It is located near the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon...
.
History
Kedma was founded as a kibbutzKibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
as part of the 11 points in the Negev
11 points in the Negev
11 points in the Negev refers to a Jewish Agency plan for establishing eleven settlements in the Negev in 1946, prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.-History:...
campaign in 1946. Because of social and economic difficulties the kibbutz was abandoned at the end of the 1960s, and it became later on a youth village.
The group that founded the community planned originally to locate it near Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
or the northwest shores of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea , also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface. The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world...
, but after the latter was captured by the Jordanian army, they moved to the present-day location.