Ayanot
| Ayanot עֲיָנוֹת | |
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  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 | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Founded | 30 March 1930–12 January 1932 |
| Founded by | Ada Maimon |
| Population (2015)[1] | 340 |
| 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 2015 it had a population of 340.
History
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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 30 March 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on 12 January 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 who had succeeded in immigrating. 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
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
- ↑ "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
- 1 2 Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.