Sde Nahum

Sde Nahum (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה נַחוּם, lit. Nahum Field) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located around 4 km northwest of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,078.^[1]

Sde Nahum שְׂדֵה נַחוּם‎
Etymology: Nahum’s Field
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Coordinates: 32°31′31″N 35°28′54″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Valley of Springs
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	5 January 1937
Founded by	Sadeh group members
Population  (2022)[1]	1,078
Website	www.sde-nahum.org.il

History

The nearby Palestinian village of Saffuriya had been almost emptied of its 4000 inhabitants in July 1948. By early January, 1949, about 500 villagers had filtered back, but "neighbouring settlements coveted Saffuriya lands". The "Northern Front" ordered their eviction, which was carried out the 7th of January 1949. The Saffuriya land was then distributed to its neighbouring Jewish settlements.^[2]

In February 1949, 1,500 Dunams of Saffuriya land was given to Sde Nahum.^[2]

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  Sde Nahum day of the Aliyah 1937
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  Sde Nahum founders 1937
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  Sde Nahum construction of stockade wall 1937
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  Sde Nahum wall construction 1937
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  Sde Nahum 1937
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  Sde Nahum 1939
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  Sde Nahum 1939
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  Sde Nahum 1940
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  1947 photo of Nahum classroom from Palmach archive

Notable people

• Arieh Warshel, Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2013) and professor at the University of Southern California was born in Sde Nahum in 1940^[3]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. pp. 516, 517. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
3. Gregersen, Erik (November 16, 2018). "Arieh Warshel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

External links

• Official website