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Sde Nahum

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District
  
Northern

Affiliation
  
Kibbutz Movement

Founded by
  
Sadeh group members

Local time
  
Saturday 6:00 PM

Council
  
Valley of Springs

Founded
  
5 January 1937

Population (2015)
  
569

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Weather
  
23°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 39% Humidity

Flia wajsbrot in sde nahum swimming pool


Sde Nahum (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה נַחוּם‎, lit. Nahum Field) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located around 4 km northwest of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 569.

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Map of Sde Nahum, Israel

Landing sde nahum


History

The kibbutz was founded on 5 January 1937 by members of the Sadeh group from the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, as well as immigrants from Austria, Germany and Poland. It was the third kibbutz established as part of the tower and stockade settlement movement. Initially called Kibbutz HaSadeh, it was later renamed in honour of Nahum Sokolov, a Zionist writer.

Ruins of a 5th–6th century Byzantine church have been found in the kibbutz.

Economy

Similar to most kibbutzim, the main economic activity is agriculture-based, although it also has a factory for manufacture of plastic materials and an elderly care facility.

Notable Residents

  • Arieh Warshel, Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2013) and professor at the University of Southern California was born in Sde Nahum in 1937.
  • References

    Sde Nahum Wikipedia