Neot Mordechai

Neot Mordechai

Neot Mordechai
Coordinates: 33°9′35.77″N 35°35′48.08″E / 33.1599361°N 35.5966889°E / 33.1599361; 35.5966889Coordinates: 33°9′35.77″N 35°35′48.08″E / 33.1599361°N 35.5966889°E / 33.1599361; 35.5966889
District	Northern
Council	Upper Galilee
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	2 November 1946
Founded by	Jewish immigrants from central Europe
Population (2015)^[1]	548
Website	www.neot.org.il

Neot Mordechai (Hebrew: נְאוֹת מָרְדְּכַי‎) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 548.

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, which is a shoe factory with many branches all over Israel and some selling overseas.

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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Upper Galilee Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Ami'ad Amir Ayelet HaShahar Bar'am Dan Dafna Gadot Gonen HaGoshrim Hulata Kadarim Kfar Blum Kfar Giladi Kfar HaNassi Kfar Szold Lehavot HaBashan Mahanayim Malkia Manara Ma'ayan Barukh Misgav Am Neot Mordechai Sasa Sde Nehemia Shamir Snir Tziv'on Yiftah Yir'on

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