Lehavot Haviva Explained

Lehavot Haviva
Meaning:Haviva's Flames
Founded:20 October 1949
Founded By:Czechoslovak Hashomer Hatzair members
District:haifa
Council:Menashe
Affiliation:Kibbutz Movement
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Coordinates:32.3936°N 35.01°W
Website:lehavot-haviva.org.il

Lehavot Haviva (Hebrew: לְהֲבוֹת חֲבִיבָה||Haviva's Flames) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain near the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The kibbutz was established on 20 October 1949 by members of Hashomer Hatzair who had immigrated from Czechoslovakia. It was named for Haviva Reik.[1] In 1951 it moved three kilometres east to its present location onto land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of al-Jalama.[2] Sde Yitzhak was founded on the former site of Lehavot Haviva the following year.

Notes and References

  1. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/reik-havivah Havivah Reik, 1914–1944
  2. Book: Walid Khalidi

    . 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. 554.