Neot Mordechai

{{Short description|Place in Northern Israel}}

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Neot Mordechai

| hebname = נאות מרדכי

| image = PikiWiki Israel 3282 Plants of Israel.JPG

| foundation = 2 November 1946

| founded_by = CzechoslovakGerman and Austrian Jews

| country = {{ISR}}

| district = north

| council = Upper Galilee

| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Naot Mordekhay}}

| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}

| pushpin_map = Israel northeast#Israel

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| coordinates = {{coord|33|9|36|N|35|35|48|E|display=inline,title}}

| website = [http://www.neot.org.il/ www.neot.org.il]

}}

Neot Mordechai ({{langx|he|נאות מרדכי}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ne'ot Mordekhay}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The kibbutz was established on 2 November 1946 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Austria. It was named in honour of Mordechai Rozovsky, a Zionist activist in Argentina. Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz is the home of Teva Naot, a shoe factory with branches all over Israel.

File:נאות מרדכי - בערב העליה לנאות מרדכי, בנין גשר ארעי מעל הירדן-JNF034237.jpeg|Neot Mordechai building access bridge across Jordan River 1946

File:נאות מרדכי - מראה נאות מרדכי מפאת מערבי צפוני-JNF034246.jpeg|Neot Mordechai 1947

File:נאות מרדכי - אסיפת חברי נאות מרדכי בהשתתפות חלוצי ארגנטינה.-JNF045237.jpeg|Neot Mordechai members 1947

File:נאות מרדכי - משתלה.-JNF045236.jpeg|Neot Mordechai 1947

File:121219 kibbutz neot mordechai PikiWiki Israel.png|Neot Mordechai 1947

File:121210 kibbutz neot mordechai PikiWiki Israel.png|Neot Mordechai 1963

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