Alonei Yitzhak

Alonei Yitzhak אַלּוֹנֵי יִצְחָק‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• official	Allone Yizhaq
Alonei Yitzhak
Coordinates: 32°30′35.99″N 35°0′18.72″E / 32.5099972°N 35.0052000°E / 32.5099972; 35.0052000Coordinates: 32°30′35.99″N 35°0′18.72″E / 32.5099972°N 35.0052000°E / 32.5099972; 35.0052000
Council	Menashe
Region	Sharon plain
Founded	1948
Founded by	Yehiel Harif
Population (2015)^[1]	294
Name meaning	Yitzhak Oaks
Website	www.knay.alona.k12.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 2015 it had a population of 294.

History

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 465 children (305 residential, 160 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

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
↑ "Alonei Yitzhak Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

External links

Village website (Hebrew)

Menashe Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Barkai Ein Shemer Gan Shmuel Kfar Glikson Lahavot Haviva Magal Ma'anit Metzer Mishmarot Regavim

Moshavim	Ein Iron Gan HaShomron Kfar Pines Maor Mei Ami Sde Yitzhak Talmei Elazar

Community settlement	Mitzpe Ilan

Arab villages	al-Arian Meiser Umm al-Qutuf

Jewish locality	Katzir

Youth village	Alonei Yitzhak

Residential treatment center	Sha'ar Menashe

Nature reserves of Israel

Northern District	Ein Afek Akhziv Islands Alonei Yitzhak Alonei Abba Nahal Amud Nahal Ayun Balfouria Bitan Aharon Nahal Betzet Nahal Dishon Dor Beach and Ma'agan Michael Islands Ein Avazim Ein Elah Ein Nymphit Ein Te'oh Ein Yehuda Nahal Gamal Gamla nature reserve^† Snir Stream Hermon nature reserve^† Nahal Hermon^† Hula Valley Hurshat Tal Hurshat Zakum Kerem Ben Zimra Nahal Kziv Mount Arbel Mount Carmel Mount Gilboa Mount Meron Mount Tabor Pa'ar Cave Rosh HaNikra Shamir-Nahal Rachum Shimron Nahal Taninim Tel Anafa Nahal Tavor Tel Dan Tel Shikmona Nahal Yehiam

Central District	Adullam Ashdod Nitzanim Sand Dune Park Bnei Zion Avshalom Cave Hadasim Ein Hemed Gador HaMasrek Reserve Har HaTayasim Hurvat Itri Neot Kedumim Nahal Poleg Nahal Sorek Nitzanim dunes Palmachim beach Tel Yitzhak Te'omim Cave Udim Wadi Og

Southern District	Ein Gedi Einot Tzukim Craters in the Negev HaMakhtesh HaGadol HaMakhtesh HaKatan Makhtesh Ramon

Eilat Region	Coral Beach Nature Reserve Timna Valley Yotvata Hai-Bar

^† Located in the Israeli-occupied territories

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