Ramat HaShofet

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Kibbutz in northern Israel

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foundation2 November 1941
founded_byPolish and Lithuanian Hashomer Hatzair members
councilMegiddo
districtnorth
affiliationKibbutz Movement
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population
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websitewww.ramathashofet.co.il
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Ramat HaShofet () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In it had a population of .

Etymology

"Ramat HaShofet" translates literally as "Heights of the Judge." The village was named for American federal judge Julian William Mack (1866–1943), an American Zionist leader who served as president of the Palestine Endowment Funds. He was also honorary president of the World Jewish Congress and president of the American Jewish Congress and Zionist Organization of America. He attended the Versailles Conference as an advocate for a Jewish state in Palestine.

Geography

Ramat HaShofet is located in the region of Ramot Menashe in northern Israel. The Shofet River flows near the kibbutz and in one of its rivulets, Ulmusim Stream, there is a small park. About 400 meters northeast to the kibbutz there is a spring.

History

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In 1934 two gar'ins of Hashomer Hatzair movement, Mitzpe HaSharon from Lithuania and LaShihrur from Poland arrived to Mandatory Palestine and sent to Mishmar HaEmek for qualifications. Mitzpe HaSharon was sent to work in Ra'anana while LaShihrur was sent to Rehovot.

The Gar'in of Mitzpe HaSharon (lit. "Sharon lookout") was settled on a 20 duman hill owned by the Jewish National Fund some 4 kilometers from Ra'anana. The small kibbutz, which has 80 members in 1937 operated a vegetable farm, but it could not provide work for all of the members, so they also worked in Ra'anana and Kfar Nahman (today part of Ra'anana). The small kibbutz had no road connection and was surrounded by land owned by Arabs. In 1940, 60 members of the kibbutz worked in Ra'anana.

The gar'in of LaShihrur (lit. "To Liberation") settled on a hill near Rehovot's railway station. The kibbutz had poor transportation and the residents received complaints due to their work close to the railway. The elders of the small kibbutz worked in Rehovot and their children studied in there as well. In 1943, before the departure of all the members to Ramat HaShofet, the kibbutz had 186 members, including 46 children.

The two groups united and established the kibbutz on 2 November 1941 with support from Keren Hayesod, on land owned by the Jewish National Fund. The kibbutz was established first by a group of 20 members who arrived and started working the land.

In the early years the members worked to clear and prepare the ground for agriculture. They developed good relations with the Arab village of al-Rihaniyya. In 1942 the first permanent structures were built and in 1943 a carpentry workshop was built. In that same year, the rest of LaShihrur came from Rehovot and settled in the new kibbutz. After al-Rihaniyya became depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war, Ramat HaShofet and Ein HaEmek have used its lands.

In 1954 the kibbutz was connected to the national water supply system run by Mekorot.

In 2003 the kibbutz was privatized and in 2005 new families moved in.

In September 2010 the first section of a new neighborhood called HaSadeh (The Field) was completed. The second and third sections were completed between 2012 and 2013.

In September 2020, the kibbutz briefly changed its name to Ramat HaShofetet ("The [Female] Judge's Heights") in homage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had died earlier in the same month.

Notable people

References

Websites

References

  1. Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). ''The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites'' (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 305
  2. [http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/courts/circuit/judges/mack/jwm-bio.html Julian William Mack] {{webarchive. link. (2010-05-27 . History of the Sixth Circuit. Retrieved March 13, 2010.)
  3. (August 2025). "רמת השופט [Ramat HaShofet]". [[Mapa (publisher).
  4. "קראו בכותר - לקסיקון ארץ ישראל".
  5. "רמת השופט - קיבוץ [Ramat HaShofet Kibbutz]".
  6. (24 April 1937). "מצפה השרון". [[Davar]].
  7. (17 October 1940). "From the Workers' Committee of Ra'anana's actions". [[Davar]].
  8. (4 June 1941). "שוללים מהם זכות מעבר". [[Davar]].
  9. (January 1979). "A Place-Guide To Israel". [[Carta (publisher).
  10. (25 November 1954). "רמת השופט בת י"ג". [[Al HaMishmar]].
  11. "רמת השופט [Ramat HaShofet]".
  12. (13 May 1943). "קיבוץ "לשחרור" עובר לרמת השופט". [[Davar]].
  13. (4 May 1943). "קיבוץ רמת השופט ("לשחרור")". [[Davar]].
  14. (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
  15. "History".
  16. The neighborhood has 61 houses with {{convert. 500. m2. sqft per each house.[http://www.abr.co.il/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D/480/%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%98 HaSadeh] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-11-08 A.B. Rimonim)
  17. AP. (September 22, 2020). "Israeli kibbutz tweaks its name to pay tribute to RBG". [[The Times of Israel]].

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