Ramat HaShofet

Ramat HaShofet
Ramat HaShofet
Coordinates: 32°36′38.87″N 35°5′41.64″E / 32.6107972°N 35.0949000°E / 32.6107972; 35.0949000Coordinates: 32°36′38.87″N 35°5′41.64″E / 32.6107972°N 35.0949000°E / 32.6107972; 35.0949000
Council Megiddo
Region Menashe Heights
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 2 November 1941
Founded by Eastern European Jews
Website http://www.ramathashofet.co.il/

Ramat HaShofet (Hebrew: רָמַת הַשּׁוֹפֵט, lit. The Judge Heights) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 578.

The kibbutz was established on 2 November 1941 by two gar'ins, Mitzpe HaSharon and Shihrur, which included immigrants from Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland.

"Ramat HaShofet" translates literally as "The Judge Heights", with this judge being United States federal judge Julian William Mack (1866-1943), U.S. Zionist leader serving as president of the Palestine Endowment Funds, honorary president of the World Jewish Congress, president of the American Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of America, and various other organizations. He attended the Versailles Conference as an advocate for a Zionist state in Palestine.[1]

Notable residents

References

  1. Julian William Mack. History of the Sixth Circuit. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

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