| (Kibbutz) Dan | |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Founded by | HaShomer |
| Region | Upper Galilee Regional Council |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
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(Kibbutz) Dan
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| Website | www.dantec-plast.co.il |
Dan (Hebrew: דָּן) is a kibbutz in the northern part of the Hula Valley, at the foot of Mt. Hermon, in northern Israel. It was founded in 1939, by settlers from Transylvania[1] and is a part of the Hashomer Hatzair movement. The population in 1947 was 340. [1]
Dan was the second of the villages established in honour of Menachem Ussishkin. Water is from the Dan River. Originally in Dan and its neighbor, Dafna cooperated in a joint venture of breeding trout. [1]
According to a 1949 book by the Jewish National Fund, the village suffered heavy losses in both men and material, "bearing the brunt" of the Syrian invasion during 1948 Arab-Israeli war, but leading an underground existence they held out "heroically". [1]
The kibbutz is named after the Israelite town of "Dan" mentioned in 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Samuel 3:20 and Genesis 14:14, and which has been identified with nearby Tel Dan. It is also located in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:47).
The kibbutz is the starting point of the Israel National Trail.
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