Timorim

Timorim
תִּמּוֹרִים, תימורים
Timorim
Coordinates: 31°42′55.07″N 34°45′36.36″E / 31.7152972°N 34.7601000°E / 31.7152972; 34.7601000Coordinates: 31°42′55.07″N 34°45′36.36″E / 31.7152972°N 34.7601000°E / 31.7152972; 34.7601000
Council Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Region Central Israel
Affiliation HaOved HaTzioni
Founded 1948 (original location)
1954 (current location)
Website www.timorim.org

Timorim (Hebrew: תִּמּוֹרִים, pl. Hebrew artificial palm) is a village in central Israel organized as a moshav shitufi and functioning also as a communal settlement for its community of non-members. Located on the Israeli coastal plain around a kilometer south of the Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 710. It is named after a carving in the shape of a palm in the temple: 1 Kings 6:29.[1]

It was established in 1948 by a Gar'in of youth from South Africa, Romania and Egypt from the youth movement HaNoar Hatzioni as a kibbutz on Shimron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the communal settlement of Timrat. In 1953 it reorganized as a moshav shitufi, one of the first in the country. In 1954 the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at its original site.[2]

Timorim's income in 2005 derived mainly from industry (74%), with additional 15% from agriculture and 11% from outside work of Timorim members and other sources.[3] Timorim has two industries: "Tomer Plastics" manufacturing plastic furniture for the institutional market (est. 1961-1975) and "Tomer 2000" manufacturing metal pipes (est. 1978). Agriculture includes cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. A dairy herd of 450 head is managed jointly with Kibbutz Hulda.

References

  1. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.462, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
  2. ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 555. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ↑ Timorim audited financial statements for 2003-2005.

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