Ayanot

Ayanot
עֲיָנוֹת
Ayanot
Coordinates: 31°54′56.88″N 34°46′5.15″E / 31.9158000°N 34.7680972°ECoordinates: 31°54′56.88″N 34°46′5.15″E / 31.9158000°N 34.7680972°E
Council Gan Raveh
Region Shfela
Founded March 30, 1930–January 12, 1932
Founded by Ada Maimon
Population (2011) 240[1]
Name meaning Springs
Website Ayanot.org.il

Ayanot (Hebrew: עֲיָנוֹת, lit. Fountains) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2011, it had a population of 240.[1]

History

Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948

The foundation of the village began with the purchase of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land by Ada Maimon as a girl's training farm [2] in 1926. The village was established on March 30, 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on January 12, 1932; until then they had lived in nearby Ness Ziona. The village was named after the numerous springs in the area, though other sources claim it is taken from Deuteronomy 8:7;

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills.[3]

The Jewish National Fund wrote in 1949 that the name is derived from the Arabic.[2]

During World War II, the village became an agricultural school and took in young Holocaust survivors. Today it is home to a boarding school for 180 pupils. A few years ago, the agricultural school opened a miniature horse farm and one of its horses was a runner-up in the 2008 world championship for miniature horses.[4]

In 2010, the village celebrated its 80th anniversary.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

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