Kishorit

Kishorit
Tu BiShvat celebration in the village in 2011
Kishorit
Coordinates: 32°56′51″N 35°15′0″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Misgav
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1970s
Population  (2022)[1]	199
Website	www.kishorit.org.il

Kishorit (Hebrew: כישורית, lit. 'Distaff') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 199. Its members are all disabled adults.^[2]

History

The kibbutz was originally founded in the late 1970s under the name Kishor, but was abandoned a few years later.^[3] In 1997 it was refounded as Kishorit,^[3] a kibbutz for individuals with special needs. Named after the Bible (Proverbs 31:19)^[4][5] together with the nearby kibbutz Pelekh, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence.^[6]

Kishorit provides its members with employment opportunities, leisure activities, private living quarters, medical supervision, nursing care and opportunities for social integration in Israeli society.^[7] All members are assigned work duty in the laundry room, kitchen or one of ten work centers. The centers, all headed by outside professionals, include an organic goat farm, a chicken coop, a toy factory and a dog kennel that breeds miniature schnauzers sold in Europe.^[2]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Harman, Danna (April 9, 2013). "At One Kibbutz, Special Needs Meet Socialism". Haaretz. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
3. History Kishorit
4. "In her hand she holds the distaff, and grasps the spindle with her finger."
5. "Proverbs 31:19 (trans. JPS, 1985)". Sepharia.
6. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999: Carta, p.30, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
7. Kishorit

External links

• Village website