Mishmarot
{{Short description|Kibbutz in north-central Israel}}
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| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מִשְׁמָרוֹת}}
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| founded = October 1933
| founded_by = Latvian, Lithuanian and Soviet Jews
| district = haifa
| council = Menashe
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
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| population = {{Israel populations|Mishmarot}}
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Mishmarot ({{Langx|he|מִשְׁמָרוֹת}}) is a kibbutz in north-central Israel near the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Located about 50 m above sea level and close to the villages Ein Shemer and Kfar Glickson, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mishmarot}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was founded in October 1933, during Sukkot, by immigrants from the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Latvia, on Jewish National Fund land, under the auspices of Keren HaYesod. Its name comes from the farm in the Crimea in which the founders trained, called Mishmar (lit. guard shift, 'mishmarot' being its plural form).{{cite encyclopedia|author=Vilnai, Ze'ev|authorlink=Zev Vilnay|title=Mishmarot|encyclopedia=Ariel Encyclopedia|volume=5|pages=4924–4925|publisher=Am Oved|location=Tel Aviv, Israel|year=1977|language=he}} Notable former residents include the musicians Shalom Hanoch and Meir Ariel.
Before the founding of the State of Israel, Mishmarot was home to secret Fosh and Military Industries bases.{{cite book|title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|publisher=Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books|year=1999|author=HaReuveni, Immanuel|page=651|isbn=965-448-413-7|language=he}}
References
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{{Menashe Regional Council}}
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Category:Latvian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Lithuanian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1933
Category:Populated places in Haifa District