Dorot

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title: "Dorot" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1941-establishments-in-mandatory-palestine", "czech-jewish-culture-in-israel", "gaza-envelope", "german-jewish-culture-in-israel", "jewish-villages-in-mandatory-palestine", "kibbutzim", "kibbutz-movement", "latvian-jewish-culture-in-israel", "populated-places-established-in-1941", "populated-places-in-southern-district-(israel)", "slovak-jewish-culture-in-israel"] description: "Kibbutz in southern Israel" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorot" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Kibbutz in southern Israel ::

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coordinates
name	Dorot
image	חדר האוכל בקיבוץ.jpg
hebname
founded	1941
founded_by	German Jews
district	south
council	Sha'ar HaNegev
affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
popyear
population
population_footnotes
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Dorot () is a kibbutz in the Negev Desert in southern Israel. Located on Route 334 near Sderot, it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Dorot was established during Hanukkah in 1941 by Jewish refugees from Germany, who farmed grain, fruit trees, and vegetables. Soil erosion was a particular problem for the kibbutz. It was named after three members of the Hoz family, Dov, Rivka and Tirtza, who had died in a car accident the year before. The founders were later joined by native Israelis and immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Latvia. In 1947 it had a population of 300.

In the summer of 1946, Dorot and the neighbouring village of Ruhama were occupied by the British army. In their search for illicit arms in the village, the British troops inflicted considerable material damage on the village. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and the battle for the Negev, Dorot was cut off and had to be supplied by air until it was liberated in October 1948.

After 1948, Dorot expanded on the land of the Palestinian Arab village of Huj, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

The Jewish National Fund established a forest on the settlement's land called the Pioneer Women's Forest, funded by donor contributions from the United States.

Climate

| width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Dorot (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 29.7 | Feb record high C = 32.6 | Mar record high C = 38.9 | Apr record high C = 42.4 | May record high C = 45.0 | Jun record high C = 43.1 | Jul record high C = 42.5 | Aug record high C = 40.6 | Sep record high C = 43.9 | Oct record high C = 41.9 | Nov record high C = 36.2 | Dec record high C = 33.1 | year record high C = 45.0

| Jan high C = 17.9 | Feb high C = 18.9 | Mar high C = 21.8 | Apr high C = 26.0 | May high C = 29.4 | Jun high C = 31.5 | Jul high C = 33.1 | Aug high C = 33.5 | Sep high C = 32.3 | Oct high C = 29.8 | Nov high C = 25.1 | Dec high C = 20.2 | year high C = 26.6

| Jan mean C = 12.9 | Feb mean C = 13.5 | Mar mean C = 15.7 | Apr mean C = 18.9 | May mean C = 22.2 | Jun mean C = 24.9 | Jul mean C = 26.9 | Aug mean C = 27.4 | Sep mean C = 26.1 | Oct mean C = 23.6 | Nov mean C = 19.2 | Dec mean C = 14.9 | year mean C = 20.5

| Jan low C = 7.9 | Feb low C = 8.0 | Mar low C = 9.4 | Apr low C = 11.8 | May low C = 15.0 | Jun low C = 18.2 | Jul low C = 20.6 | Aug low C = 21.3 | Sep low C = 19.9 | Oct low C = 17.4 | Nov low C = 13.3 | Dec low C = 9.7 | year low C = 14.4

| Jan record low C = -2.8 | Feb record low C = 0.2 | Mar record low C = 1.3 | Apr record low C = 3.3 | May record low C = 7.7 | Jun record low C = 11.2 | Jul record low C = 15.8 | Aug record low C = 16.8 | Sep record low C = 12.5 | Oct record low C = 10.1 | Nov record low C = 3.2 | Dec record low C = 2.0 | year record low C = -2.8

| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 110.9 | Feb precipitation mm = 74.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 43.3 | Apr precipitation mm = 8.1 | May precipitation mm = 2.9 | Jun precipitation mm = 2.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 0.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 0.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 0.1 | Oct precipitation mm = 17.9 | Nov precipitation mm = 45.0 | Dec precipitation mm = 93.7 | year precipitation mm = 398.9

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 8.2 | Feb precipitation days = 7.0 | Mar precipitation days = 4.6 | Apr precipitation days = 1.5 | May precipitation days = 0.5 | Jun precipitation days = 0.1 | Jul precipitation days = 0.0 | Aug precipitation days = 0.0 | Sep precipitation days = 0.0 | Oct precipitation days = 1.9 | Nov precipitation days = 4.0 | Dec precipitation days = 6.8 | year precipitation days = 34.6

| source = NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Israel/CSV/DOROT_NA.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Dorot |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 10, 2024}}

Notable people

• Eliyahu Moyal, Knesset member

Historic photos

File:Butterfly Armored-car Gvar-Am-israel1948.jpg|"Dorot" Kibbutz children evacuated by improvised Armored cars before expected Egyptian attack, 1948 File:Dorot 1948.jpg|Yiftach 3rd Battalion Headquarters at Kibbutz Dorot in 1948 File:Dorot ii.jpg|Dorot airfield in 1948

References

References

1. Jewish National Fund. (1949). "Jewish Villages in Israel". Hamadpis Liphshitz Press.
2. (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].

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