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
Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948

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

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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