Bitan Aharon
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Bitan Aharon
| hebname = בִּיתַן אַהֲרֹן
| image = Bitan Aharon 025.jpg
| caption = Bitan Aharon secretariat building
| foundation = 1936
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| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Hefer Valley
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Bitan Aharon}}
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| affiliation = Agricultural Union
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| coordinates = {{coord|32|21|56|N|34|52|11|E|display=inline,title}}
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Bitan Aharon ({{langx|he|בִּיתַן אַהֲרֹן||Aharon's Pavilion}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bitan Aharon}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1936. During its first years the members of the moshav hired workers to plant orange groves while its members lived in the cities. A decade later the village became more developed with new settlers joining. In 1947 it had a population of 100.{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=Jewish National Fund | author-link=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=191}} The village was named after Aharon (Archibald Jacob, "Archie") Freiman, a leader of the World Zionist Organization in Canada and an advisor to Yehoshua Hankin. The two were instrumental in raising the funds to purchase Emek Hefer (the Hefer valley) in the 1920s and to make it available for Jewish settlement."Lillian Freiman - Jewish First Lady of the Land." Canadian Jewish News [Toronto] 8 September 2010: B36-B38
Bitan Aharon nature reserve
{{stack|File:Bitan Aharon 014.jpg trees]]}}
A 46-dunam nature reserve was declared in 1968,{{cite web |title=List of National Parks and Nature Reserves |url=http://parks.org.il/sigalit/muchrazim.pdf |language=Hebrew |publisher=Israel Nature and Parks Authority |accessdate=2010-09-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007095221/http://parks.org.il/sigalit/muchrazim.pdf |archivedate=2009-10-07 }} just east of the moshav. The reserve covers part of the second (middle) Kurkar ridge that runs on a north–south axis in this part of the Israeli coastal plain, and therefore includes a number of ancient rock-hewn tombs and burial caves. Flora includes Ziziphus spina-christi and Pancratium parviflorum.{{cite web|url=http://www.inature.info/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9F|title=Bitan Aharon Nature Reserve|language=Hebrew|accessdate=2010-09-27|publisher=iNature.info}}
Notable residents
- Hen Lippin (born 1965), basketball player
- Vadim Rabinovich (born 1953), former member of parliament in Ukraine
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Hefer Valley Regional Council}}
{{Nature reserves of Israel}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Populated places established in 1936
Category:Nature reserves in Israel