HaOgen explained

HaOgen
Foundation:	28 August 1947
Founded By:	Czechoslovak Jews
District:	center
Council:	Hefer Valley
Affiliation:	Kibbutz Movement
Pushpin Map:	Israel center ta
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Coordinates:	32.3636°N 34.9236°W
Website:	http://www.haogen.org.il/

HaOgen (Hebrew: העוגן, הָעֹגֶן||Anchor) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek Hefer Regional Council and is affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair. In it had a population of .

History

The community was established on 22 April 1939 by Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia. After spending eight years in a camp near Kfar Saba, they founded the kibbutz on 28 August 1947,^[1] on land that had belonged to Wadi Qabbani.^[2] The Jewish National Fund provided 700 dunams of land for the kibbutz.^{[3] [4]}

Notable people

• Haya Kaspi
• Shraga Weil, painter
• Noam Yaacov (born 2004), Israeli–Danish player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Notes and References

1. http://www.myhaogen.org.il/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=93 First first and last last
2. Book: All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 566.
3. News: קמו שני ישובים חדשים. 29 August 1947. Al HaMishmar. he.
4. Book: Powers, Janet M.. Blossoms on the Olive Tree: Israeli and Palestinian Women Working for Peace. 2006. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780275990015. en.