KEFAR GLICKSON

KEFAR GLICKSON: KEFAR GLICKSON (Heb. כְּפַר גְּלִיקְסוֹן), kibbutz in the N. Sharon, Israel, on the rim of the Manasseh Hills, affiliated to Ha-Oved ha-Ẓiyyoni. It was founded in 1939 on palestine jewish colonization association (PICA) land. The founding settlers, from Romania, erected a permanent village only in 1945. In 1969 Kefar Glickson's economy was based on intensive farming and on a factory processing lime. Later on it set up guest rooms and a youth hostel. The kibbutz was linked to a neighboring youth village, Allonei Yiẓḥak , and is named after the journalist and General Zionist leader Moshe Gluecksohn (Glickson) . Its population in 1968 was 250; in 2002, 284. -WEBSITE: www.glikson.co.il . (Efraim Orni)

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GLUECKSOHN (Glickson), MOSHE — (1878–1939), Hebrew journalist and Zionist leader. Born in Cholynka, near Grodno, Gluecksohn began his Zionist activity in Western Europe among Jewish students. He was a delegate to the Sixth Zionist Congress (1903) and later congresses, joining… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ALLONEI YIẒḤAK — (Heb. אַלּוֹנֵי יִצְחָק), youth village in central Israel. It was founded in 1948 within the confines of neighboring kefar glickson , with which it continued to be closely linked. In 1949 it received its own land in the vicinity. Its… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PICA (The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association) — PICA (The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association), society for Jewish settlement in Palestine, active between 1924 and 1957. In 1923, as a result of the rapid development of his settlement projects in Palestine, baron edmond de rothschild… … Encyclopedia of Judaism

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