ḤULATAH

ḤULATAH: ḤULATAH (Heb. חוּלָתָה), kibbutz in the Ḥuleh Valley, Israel, affiliated with Ha-Kibbutz ha-Me'uḥad, founded in 1936 after the Ḥuleh Concession (Ḥuleh Valley) was acquired by Jewish bodies. The founders were Israel-born youth of Ha-No'ar ha-Oved movement and youth aliyah graduates from Germany. In the initial years they developed fishing in Lake Ḥuleh and investigated its fauna and flora. At the time, they suffered from still-rampant malaria and from Arab attacks. After drainage of the lake and the swamps, Ḥulatah engaged in farming, but its economic mainstay became a shoe factory and retail outlets. In 2002 its population was 396. The name of the kibbutz derives from the Aramaic name of the Valley. -WEBSITE: www.maga.co.il/yeshuvim/holata/fhol.htm . (Efraim Orni)

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