Yifat (kibbutz)

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Yifat (Hebrew: יִפְעַת Yifʕat) is an Israeli Kibbutz in the Galilee’s Jezreel Valley. It is situated adjacent to (or rather below) the town Migdal HaEmek and short distances from the cities of Afula and Nazareth. The kibbutz belongs to the Jezreel Valley Regional Council.

The name Yifat appears to be connected with the biblical name Yefia (יפיע), as does the name of the Lower Galilean Arab town of Yafa an-Naseriyye.

Kibbutz Yifat was founded in 1954 by the Sharon Group (קבוצת השרון) whose seat used to be Kibbutz Ramat David.

Nowadays, the economy of Yifat is based on light industry, agriculture, greenhouses, plant nurseries, cattle, sheep, and chickens, as well as some hospitality industry.

The six-grade school “Western Valley” ("בית ספר שש-שנתי, "העמק המערבי) and a performing arts complex are located within the kibbutz, as is a museum dedicated to pioneer settlers (מוזיאון לראשית ההתיישבות).

Yifat houses a Hebrew ulpan for immigrants and would-be immigrants. Furthermore, Jewish and Gentile “volunteers” from many countries have served on the kibbutz. In earlier days, Yifat welcomed non-Jews from Germany among its visitors when most kibbutzim discriminated even against those born after World War II.

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