| Maoz Haim | |
| Foundation: | 1937 |
| Founded By: | German and Polish Jewish refugees |
| District: | north |
| Council: | Valley of Springs |
| Affiliation: | Kibbutz Movement |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel jezreel#Israel |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Coordinates: | 32.4931°N 35.5506°W |
Maoz Haim (Hebrew: מָעוֹז חַיִּים, lit. Haim's Fortress) is a kibbutz in Israel. It is located adjacent to the Jordan River in the Beit She'an valley and falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In it had a population of . Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz also has a plastics factory, "Poliraz".
The kibbutz was established in 1937 by immigrants from Poland and Germany and was named after Haim Shturman, a member of the Hagana, who was killed there in 1938.
Maoz Haim was established on what was traditionally land belonging to the Palestinian village of Al-Ghazzawiyya.[1]
South of the kibbutz is a small (11 dunam) nature reserve of Balanites aegyptiaca trees, called the Hurshat Zakum (Maoz Haim) reserve, declared in 1968.[2] Zakum is the Hebrew name of the tree. This is probably the northernmost occurrence of these trees in the world.[3]
A 3rd-century synagogue was discovered in February 1974 during construction work near Maoz Haim. It is an unusual archaeological find in that it attests to a record of synagogue development from a time of otherwise sparse historiography, in times of anti-Judaic legislation.[4] It is situated in a large settlement where it served as a center of worship for Jews until destruction by fire sometime in the early 7th century.[5]