Ashdot Ya'akov
{{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| settlement_type = Kibbutz
| name = Ashdot Ya'akov
| image = אשדות יעקב - מראה כללי-JNF021239.jpeg
| caption = Ashdot Ya'akov in 1945
| hebname = {{script|Hebr|אַשְׁדוֹת יַעֲקֹב}}
| stdHeb = Ashdot Ya'akov
| meaning = Ya'akov Rapids
| pushpin_map = Israel jezreel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250px
| coordinates = {{coord|32|39|29|N|35|34|55|E|region:IL_type:landmark_source:kolossus-hewiki}}
| founded = 1924
| founded_by = Hashomer members from Latvia
| district = North
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Ashdot Ya'akov ({{langx|he|אַשְׁדוֹת יַעֲקֹב||Ya'akov Rapids}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Originally founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher, it moved to its current location between 1933 and 1935. It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmuk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild.
History
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File:Ashdot Yaakov.jpg receiving construction training at Ashdot Ya'akov in 1948]]
Between 1933 and 1935 the kibbutz moved northeast of its original location, onto land which had been bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.
The children of Ashod Yaacov were evacuated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, when the kibbutz suffered intensive shelling from Syrian, Iraqi and Transjordanian forces.{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press, pg 6 | location=Jerusalem }}
In 1953, as a result of the split in the HaKibbutz HaMeuhad movement, the kibbutz was split in two:
- Members of Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim established Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud
- Members of HaKibbutz HaMeuhad established Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhad
South of Ashdot Ya'akov, at the confluence of the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers near the island of Naharayim, there is a memorial for the 7 twelve-year-old Israeli girls murdered by a Jordanian border guard in March 1997.Find further information about this memorial: [http://www.israelplaces.christ2020.de#s Zeev's Israel Travel Guide]
Archaeology
In 1959 a basalt tombstone inscribed in Greek was found near Ashdot Ya'akov. The tombstone features a rectangular structure with a gabled roof on a trapezoid base, and bears the name Hagarea (Άγαρέα), with its design aligning with classical, Hellenistic and Roman period norms. While the female name's exact origins remains uncertain, it is likely Jewish, potentially linked to the biblical name Hagar, Abraham's concubine.{{Citation |title=CXXXIX. Ashdot Yaʿakov no. 7508 |date=2023-03-20 |work=Volume 5/Part 2 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 6925-7818 |pages=1621–1621 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110715743-025/html |access-date=2024-02-07 |publisher=De Gruyter |language=en |doi=10.1515/9783110715743-025 |isbn=978-3-11-071574-3}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1924
Category:Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Emek HaYarden Regional Council
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:1924 establishments in Mandatory Palestine