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Place in Southern, Israel| Bror Hayil Template:Hebrew | |
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 Synagogue of Bror Hayil | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Sha'ar HaNegev |
| Region | Northern Negev |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 10 April 1948 |
| Founded by | Egyptian Jews |
| Population | 462 |
Bror Hayil (Template:Lang-he-n) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 462.
Etymology
The name Bror Hayil means "selection of soldiers." It may be associated with the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the first half of the 2nd century CE.
History
A Jewish village by this name existed during the Talmudic era. It was the site of yeshiva headed by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai. According to the Talmud, candlelight at night in Bror Hayil was a sign that a male child had been born.
The kibbutz was established on 10 April 1948 on Jewish National Fund land, funded by Keren HaYesod. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the founding date was May 18.The founders were mostly immigrants from Egypt. Soon after its foundation, it became the target kibbutz of the Brazilian branch of the Zionist youth movement Dror, and later Dror Habonim. Today many residents are immigrants from Brazil.
Bror Hayil was the only Jewish village founded between the UN Partition Plan and the Israeli declaration of independence.
The kibbutz was established on a hilltop about a mile from the Palestinian village of Burayr.
Economy
In addition to its agricultural pursuits, the kibbutz runs a pizza factory in partnership with the Soglowek group.Many residents work outside the kibbutz, at various factories and plants in Sderot, the Shaar Hanegev Educational Campus, Sapir College and Amdocs.
Cultural institutions
The kibbutz operates a museum of Brazilian heritage and music. One of the exhibits is the gavel used by the president of the UN General Assembly in 1948, Osvaldo Aranha of Brazil, who supported the creation of the State of Israel.
Notable residents
References
- The Days and the Seasons: Memoirs, Evyatar Friesel
- A History of the Jewish People, Abraham Malamat, Haim H. Ben-Sasson, Harvard University Press
- The Days and the Seasons: Memoirs, Evyatar Friesel
- ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Bror Hayil". Ariel Encyclopedia. Vol. Volume 1. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. pp. 1024–25.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|volume=has extra text (help) Template:He icon - Morris, Benny (April 2008). 1948 - A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. p. 307.
- Bror Hail, Negev Information Center
- HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. pp. 159–160. ISBN 965-448-413-7. Template:He icon
- Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #6.
- Khalidi, 1992, p.92
- Soglowek to invest NIS 30m in expanding Beror Hayil pizza factory
- Bror Hayil, Negev Information Centre
- Brazil's FM visits 'Brazilian kibbutz'
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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