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Ramat David

Field	Value
name	Ramat David
image	Shepherd David Playing the Harp.jpg
caption	Shepherd David Playing the Harp by David Polus, 1935
foundation	1926
district	North
council	Jezreel Valley
affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
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population
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Ramat David () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley near Ramat David Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

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 Kauffmann drew up plans for the design of Ramat David in 1931.

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

On 22 May 1948, Egyptian planes attacked the airbase, damaging and destroying several British Royal Air Force planes.

Notable people

Ze'ev Herring (1910–1988), politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and 1974
Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper
Zvi Yanai (1935–2013), civil servant and author

Gallery

רמת דוד - העדר של הקבוצה - רועים מהנוער הגרמני.-JNF044791.jpeg|Ramat David 1936 רמת דוד - מראה חלקי.-JNF045476.jpeg|Ramat David 1936 רמת דוד - מראה כללי.-JNF044790.jpeg|Ramat David 1936 רמת דוד - חדר האוכל.-JNF045689.jpeg|Ramat David dining hall 1940 מחנה צבאי ברמת-דוד-JNF015187.jpeg|Ramat David military camp 1940 RuthWestheimer-a.jpg|Ruth Westheimer 1988

References

Lungen, Paul. (January 18, 2019). "Israeli Irrigation Company to Be Listed on TSX". [[Canadian Jewish News]].
(2011). "The Changing Landscape of a Utopia: The Landscape and Gardens of the Kibbutz, Past and Present". Wernersche.
Ashkenazi, Eli. (July 22, 2011). "From Roald Dahl to Ezer Weizman: Historic Air Force Building at Ramat David to Be Preserved". [[Haaretz]].
Dahl, Roald. (2012). "Going Solo". Penguin UK.
Michael Napier (2018) [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Royal_Air_Force/Es1FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 ''The Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations''] p167
[https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2019-07-26/ty-article/.premium/the-chutzpah-that-made-dr-ruth-the-real-wonder-woman/0000017f-e7d8-dc7e-adff-f7fd058a0000 The Chutzpah That Made Dr. Ruth the Real Wonder Woman] Haaretz, 6 July 2019

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