Ayanot

Ayanot (Hebrew: עֲיָנוֹת‎, lit. Fountains) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 394.[1]

Ayanot

עֲיָנוֹת‎
Ayanot
Ayanot
Coordinates: 31°54′56.88″N 34°46′5.15″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGan Raveh
Founded30 March 1930–12 January 1932
Founded byAda Maimon
Population
 (2019)[1]
394
Name meaningSprings
Websiteayanot.org.il

History


The foundation of the village began with the purchase of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land by Ada Maimon as a girl's training farm [2] in 1926. The village was established on 30 March 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on 12 January 1932; until then they had lived in nearby Ness Ziona. The village was named after the numerous springs in the area, though other sources claim it is taken from Deuteronomy 8:7;

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills.[3]

  • Ayanot 1941 1:20,000
  • Ayanot1945 1:250,000
  • Ayanot 1930
  • Ayanot 1934
  • Ayanot 1945
  • Worker’s farm 1945
  • Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948

The Jewish National Fund wrote in 1949 that the name is derived from the Arabic.[2]

During World War II, the village became an agricultural school and took in young Holocaust survivors who had succeeded in immigrating. Today it is home to a boarding school for 180 pupils. A few years ago, the agricultural school opened a miniature horse farm and one of its horses was a runner-up in the 2008 world championship for miniature horses.[4]

In 2010, the village celebrated its 80th anniversary.[4]

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
  3. "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
  4. Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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