Gan HaDarom
Encyclopedia
Gan HaDarom is a moshav
in southern Israel
. Located on the coastal plain
near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council
.
from Iraq
on Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
. The first settlers in Gan HaDarom lived in a ma'abara
in neighboring Gan Yavne
until the infrastructure was complete for permanent habitation. In 1957-8, twenty new houses were built, and 15 families who arrived from Poland
moved into them.
Today the moshav is home to 118 families. Most residents make their living not by farming, but rather they work in nearby cities Ashdod and Yavneh. The minority who work in agriculture mainly cultivate cows, chickens, fruit trees, avocado trees, and other flora.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in southern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located on the coastal plain
Israeli Coastal Plain
The Israeli coastal plain is the narrow coastal plain along Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast which houses 70% of the country's population. The plain extends north to south and is divided into a number of areas; the Plain of Zebulun , Hof HaCarmel , the Sharon plain , and the Plain of Judea The...
near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council
Gederot Regional Council
Gederot Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. It is located between Ashdod, Yavne and Gedera and covers an area of 13,000 dunams...
.
History
The moshav was founded in 1953 by refugeesJewish exodus from Arab lands
The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries was a mass departure, flight and expulsion of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Muslim countries, from 1948 until the early 1970s...
from Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
on Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra and Nehemiah airlifted between 120,000 to 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Iran and Cyprus. The massive emigration of Iraqi Jews was among the most climactic events of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. By 1968 only 2,000 Jews remained in Iraq...
. The first settlers in Gan HaDarom lived in a ma'abara
Ma'abarot
The Ma'abarot were refugee absorption camps in Israel in the 1950s. The Ma'abarot were meant to provide accommodation for the large influx of Jewish refugees and new Olim arriving to the newly independent State of Israel, replacing the less habitable immigrant camps or tent cities...
in neighboring Gan Yavne
Gan Yavne
Gan Yavne is a in the Center District of Israel, located adjacent to the city of Ashdod. It was founded in 1931 and declared a local council in 1950.Gan Yavne lies east of the Tel-Aviv–Ashkelon highway...
until the infrastructure was complete for permanent habitation. In 1957-8, twenty new houses were built, and 15 families who arrived from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
moved into them.
Today the moshav is home to 118 families. Most residents make their living not by farming, but rather they work in nearby cities Ashdod and Yavneh. The minority who work in agriculture mainly cultivate cows, chickens, fruit trees, avocado trees, and other flora.