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"The village of Samuel"
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THE VILLAGE OF SHMUEL IS A WORKING SEAT OF THE “ZIONIST WORKER MOVEMENT” FOUNDED ON JANUARY 24, 1950 BY IMMIGRANTS FROM ROMANIA. LOCATED IN DARKNESS, NORTH OF AYALON VALLEY AND SIX KILOMETERS SOUTH OF RAMLA CITY. IT IS IN THE AREA OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
ROUTE 1 PASSES EAST OF THE SEAT, AND ONE OF THE TRANSPORTS OF THE AYALON STREAM PASSES IN THE SEAT.
IT WAS NAMED AFTER RABBI STEVEN SAMUEL WIES. THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE IN THE SEAT IS NAMED AFTER MORRIS LEVY, WHO WILL REMAIN FOR HIM.
IN THE SEAT THERE IS A YOUTH CLUB, A "YOUNG MACCABI" BRANCH, A HOME WITH, A CONSUMER, A BASKETBALL FIELD, A TENNIS COURT, TWO COUNCIL GARDENS (GAN ICETRALL AND A PINE-PEACE GARDEN), A PRIVATE GARDEN AND A PLAYGROUND.
THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE IN THE HEART OF THE SETTLEMENT SO FAR WAS ABANDONED BUT RENOVATED IN 2015 AND RETURNED TO ACTIVITY. IT WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT DADDY AL-KHANI AND COMBINES ART WORKS BY ARTIST MORDECHAI GOMEL.
CENTRAL FARMING INDUSTRIES: RAFTS, PLANTATIONS AND FIELD CROPS FOR THEIR SPECIES.
HISTORY OF HISTORY
THE VILLAGE OF SHMUEL WAS FOUNDED BY A FOUNDING NUCLEUS OF THE ZIONIST WORKER, WHO HAD APPROXIMATELY 70 MEMBERS, INCLUDING 22 FAMILIES WITH 11 TODDLERS, FROM THE HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN “SENSE” ORGANIZATION WHO WERE IN THE CAMPS IN CYPRUS, IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE AND RECEIVED TRAINING IN ZION. THE SEAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A WORKER RESIDENT, BUT A LARGE PROPORTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND WAS DESIGNATED FOR JOINT PROCESSING. THE IMMIGRATION CEREMONY TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 29, 1950.
EXTERNAL LINKS
THE SITE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IS CUT.
A LOCAL STORY – THE VILLAGE OF SHMUEL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF SHMUEL ON A TIMELINE, A COMMUNAL ARCHIVE
RECENT PHOTOS AND IMPRESSIONS FROM THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE OF SAMUEL IN THE PLANNING OF FATHER AL-SHAMNEY ON THE LIST SITE, 11/09
SETTLEMENT OF THE “SENSE ORGANIZATION” IN THE VILLAGE OF SHMUEL, CARMEL DIARY FEBRUARY 1950 (FROM MINUTE 1:44)
MARGINAL COMMENTS
SETTLEMENTS ESTABLISHED IN 1950
SEATS
REGIONAL COUNCILS CUT
THE SEAT OF THE ZIONIST WORKER
ISRAEL: SETTLEMENTS CALLED BY MEN