Neot Mordechai

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Neot Mordechai
Founded 2 November 1946
Founded by Immigrants from central Europe
Region Upper Galilee
Industries Agriculture, footwear
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Website www.neot.org.il

Neot Mordechai (Hebrew: נאות מרדכי‎) is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in Israel. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it is under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

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The kibbutz was established on 2 November 1946 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Austria. It was named in honour of Mordechai Rozovsky, a Zionist activist in Argentina.

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Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz is the home of Teva Sport Sandals, which is a shoe factory with many branches all over Israel.

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