Beit Nir
| Beit Nir | |
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  Beit Nir | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′52.08″N 34°52′26.03″E / 31.6478000°N 34.8738972°ECoordinates: 31°38′52.08″N 34°52′26.03″E / 31.6478000°N 34.8738972°E | |
| Region | Lakhish |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1955–1957 |
| Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair |
| Population (2008) | 303[1] |
| Website | www.beit-nir.org.il |
Beit Nir (Hebrew: בֵּית נִיר, lit. House of tilled soil) is a kibbutz near Lakhish in Israel. Beit Nir is under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council and is a member of the Kibbutz Movement. It has 115 members.
Beit Nir was established in August 1957 by members of Hashomer Hatzair on land which belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Kudna.[2]
Beit Nir was named for Dr. Bodenheimer, a prominent German Zionist: Boden means "ground" in German.
The kibbutz economy is based on agriculture, a soft drinks factory, and a jewelry workshop that sells its wares in Europe and the United States. The kibbutz merged with Gat to form the corporate entity "Ganir", which manufactures fruit juice for export and sale in Israel. In Israel the juice is sold under the brand name Primor (פרימור).[3]
The kibbutz grows wheat, watermelons and cotton, and produces olive oil. Beit Nir also operates a cattle ranch.
In 2007, to mark the kibbutz's fiftieth anniversary, Yisrael and Shulamit Meiron published "Between the Broom and Trough," a collection of memories about life on the kibbutz.[4]
References
- ↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 218
- ↑ Is Israel ready for vegetable juice
- ↑ Beit Nir
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
- Photos of Beit Nir
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