Alonei Yitzhak

Place in Haifa, Israel
Alonei Yitzhak
32°30′36″N 35°0′19″E / 32.51000°N 35.00528°E / 32.51000; 35.00528
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
CouncilMenashe
Founded1948
Founded byYehiel Harif
Population
 (2022)[1]
304
Websitewww.a-y.org.il

Alonei Yitzhak (Hebrew: אַלּוֹנֵי יִצְחָק, lit. 'Yitzhak Oaks') is a youth village in northern Israel. Located near Binyamina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 304.[1]

History

Foundation stone laying ceremony with Rose Halperin in Alonei Yitzhak 1950

The village was established in 1948 by Yehiel Harif to absorb children who had survived the Holocaust. It was named after Yitzhak Gruenbaum. Today the village is a boarding school that teaches 675 children (275 residential, 400 day students) from 7th to 12th grade.

Alonei Yitzhak nature reserve

A 31-acre nature reserve within which the Village is located was declared in 1969,[2] mainly of old Valonia oak trees (Quercus macrolepis), in close proximity to the youth village. Other flora in the oak forest includes Cyclamen persicum, Calicotome villosa, Ephedra, Sea Squill, and Asphodelus microcarpus.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  3. ^ "Alonei Yitzhak Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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