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Yahel (kibbutz)
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Yahel is a Reform
kibbutz
in the Arava (as spelled in English when borrowed from Hebrew) or Arabah
(as spelled in English when borrowed from Arabic) in the Negev
desert in the southern part Israel
, 60 miles from the city of Eilat. It is the first kibbutz founded by the Reform movement.
The name of the kibbutz is symbolic and means "(he) will put up a tent". It comes from the Book of Isaiah
(Isaiah 13:20).
Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism refers to various beliefs, practices and organizations associated with the Reform Jewish movement in North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In general, it maintains that Judaism and Jewish traditions should be modernized and should be compatible with participation in the...
kibbutz
Kibbutz
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...
in the Arava (as spelled in English when borrowed from Hebrew) or Arabah
Arabah
The Arabah , also known as Aravah, is a section of the Great Rift Valley running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea and continuing further south where it ends at the Gulf of Aqaba. It includes most of the border between Israel to the...
(as spelled in English when borrowed from Arabic) in the Negev
Negev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert in the southern part Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, 60 miles from the city of Eilat. It is the first kibbutz founded by the Reform movement.
The name of the kibbutz is symbolic and means "(he) will put up a tent". It comes from the Book of Isaiah
Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, preceding the books of Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the Book of the Twelve...
(Isaiah 13:20).
Further reading
- William F.S. Miles. Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007.