Neot Mordechai

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Neot Mordechai
Neot Mordechai is located in Israel
Neot Mordechai
Neot Mordechai
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Region Upper Galilee
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 2 November 1946
Founded by Immigrants from central Europe
Website www.neot.org.il

Neot Mordechai (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />נְאוֹת מָרְדְּכַי‎) is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in Israel. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it is under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

History

The kibbutz was established on 2 November 1946 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Austria. It was named in honour of Mordechai Rozovsky, a Zionist activist in Argentina.

Economy

Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz is the home of Teva Naot, which is a shoe factory with many branches all over Israel and some selling overseas.

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