Degania

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Degania
Founded 1909
Founded by Romanian pioneers
Region Jordan Valley
Industries Agriculture
Affiliation The Kibbutz Movement
Website http://www.degania.org.il
Degania, "the mother of kvutzot ("small kibbutzim") in the 1930s.
Degania, "the mother of kvutzot ("small kibbutzim") in the 1930s.

Degania, or Deganya, was the first kibbutz ("collective farm") established by Jews in the areas of the Land of Israel then under Ottoman control, and subsequently in the British Mandate of Palestine. It was founded in 1909 by ten men and two women led by Joseph Baratz. The land had previously been owned by a Persian family resident in Beirut.

Despite its small size, Degania has been home to many famous Israelis and members of the pre-state yishuv ("settlement"). The poet Rachel, the "prophet of labor" A.D. Gordon, and Joseph Trumpeldor, all worked at Degania. Many early members of Degania left to found other kibbutzim. Moshe Dayan was the second child born in Degania Aleph.

Degania exists in two independent kibbutzim:

  1. Degania Alef ("Degania A") and
  2. Degania Bet ("Degania B").

Both kibbutzim lie along the southern shores of the Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: Kinnereth).

Technically Degania is a kvutza and not a kibbutz. The distinction comes from its small size. Degania is also distinctive in that children there never slept communally. Children always slept in their parents' quarters. Both Degania prosper agriculturally. Degania 'A' also has a metal factory, 'toolgal' website

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