Ramat David

Ramat David
Council Jezreel Valley
Region Galilee
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1926

Ramat David (Hebrew: רָמַת דָּוִד, lit. David Heights) is a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel,[1] near Ramat David Airbase. It falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 233.

The kibbutz was established in 1926, and was named after David Lloyd George, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the Balfour Declaration was made. The German-Jewish architect Richard Kaufmann drew up plans for the design of Ramat David in 1931.[2]

The author Roald Dahl landed his RAF Hurricane at the British Mandate airstrip at Ramat David early in 1941.[3] He describes the German Jewish refugee children living there at that time in his autobiography Going Solo.

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ From Jerusalem to Beverly Hills: Memoir of a Palestinian Jew, Eitan Gonen
  2. ↑ The Changing Landscape of a Utopia: The Landscape and Gardens of the Kibbutz, Past and Present, Shmuel Burmil and Ruth Enis
  3. ↑ From Roald Dahl to Ezer Weizmann, Historic Air Force Building at Ramat David to Be Preserved

Coordinates: 32°40′42.96″N 35°12′13.68″E / 32.6786000°N 35.2038000°E / 32.6786000; 35.2038000

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