Nir Etzion

Town in northern Israel

Place in Haifa, Israel

Nir Etzion

נִיר עֶצִיוֹן‎

Etymology: Etzion Meadow

Nir Etzion

Coordinates: 32°41′52″N 34°59′37″E﻿ / ﻿32.69778°N 34.99361°E﻿ / 32.69778; 34.99361
Country| Israel
District| Haifa
Council| Hof HaCarmel
Affiliation| Religious Kibbutz Movement
Founded| 1950
Founded by| Refugees and Holocaust survivors
Population

(2022)[1]

| 1,010
Website| www.nirezion.com

Nir Etzion (Hebrew: נִיר עֶצִיוֹן, lit. 'Etzion Meadow') is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, at the foot of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,010.[1]

## History

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The village was established in 1950 as a kibbutz by refugees from Kfar Etzion and Be'erot Yitzhak (which had been captured by the Jordanian and Egyptian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War) as well as Holocaust survivors and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot on land that had belonged to the newly depopulated Palestinian village Ayn Hawd.[2] It was affiliated with Hapoel HaMizrachi.[3]

In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.[3]

The local synagogue is named in honor of Isaac Wolfson, who contributed significantly to the construction of public buildings in the moshav. Designed by local resident Hanoch Achiman, the Torah ark's parochet is embroidered with three symbols, each representing a chapter in the moshav's history: the Holocaust, the destruction of Kfar Etzion, and the settlement on Mount Carmel. Unlike other religious kibbutzim, the community in Nir Etzion prays according to Nusach Sefard, continuing the practices that were once followed in Kfar Etzion.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 151\. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
3. ^ a b Nir Etzion - from kibbutz to moshav Davar, 8 June 1953
4. ^ "בית הכנסת - ניר עציון- קהילנט". Nir Etzion. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

## External links

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* Official website (in Hebrew)

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Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Kibbutzim|

* Beit Oren
* Ein Carmel
* HaHotrim
* Ma'agan Michael
* Ma'ayan Tzvi
* Nahsholim
* Neve Yam
* Sdot Yam

Moshavim|

* Bat Shlomo
* Beit Hanania
* Dor
* Ein Ayala
* Geva Carmel
* HaBonim
* Kerem Maharal
* Megadim
* Nir Etzion
* Ofer
* Tzrufa

Community settlements|

* Atlit
* Caesarea
* Ein Hod

Other villages|

* Ein Hawd
* Kfar Galim
* Kfar Tzvi Sitrin
* Meir Shfeya

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* Israel

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