Kfar Blum (כפר בלום) is an Israeli kibbutz in the Hula Valley, in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, not far from the town of Qiryat Shemona. It was founded in November 1943^[1] by the Socialist-Zionist Habonim youth movement. The founding members of the kibbutz were primarily from the United Kingdom, South Africa, the United States and the Baltic countries. The kibbutz was named in honor of Léon Blum, the former Prime Minister of France who was the focus of a widely-publicized, and ultimately unsuccessful, show trial in 1942 mounted by the collaborationist Vichy regime. Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ... The Hula Valley (Hebrew: emek hahula) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water. ... Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ... Qiryat Shemona in the spring of 1978 Qiryat Shemona (Hebrew: ) is a city in the North District of Israel. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... A bilingual poster in Romanian and Hungarian promoting a film about Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1930s. ... Habonim is a Zionist-Socialist youth organization founded in London in 1929. ... Baltic can refer to: The Baltic Sea Council of the Baltic Sea States - an intergovernmental organization Baltic sea countries - countries with access to the Baltic Sea The Baltic region (Balticum) Baltic States - the independent countries of Estonia Latvia Lithuania Baltic Republics - term refers to the three Baltic states under the... Léon Blum Léon Blum (9 April 1872 - 30 March 1950), was the Prime Minister of France three times: from 1936 to 1937, for one month in 1938, and from December 1946 to January 1947. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The term show trial serves most commonly to label a type of public trial in which the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt of the accused: the actual trial has as its only goal to present the accusation and the verdict to the public as an impressive example and... Collaboration, literally, consists of working together with one or more other people. ... France under German occupation 1940-44 Presidential flag of Vichy France For other uses of Vichy, see Vichy (disambiguation). ...

Agriculture and light cottage industry formed the original economic basis for the kibbutz. In recent years this has been supplemented by tourism. Kfar Blum's location near the Jordan River at the foot of Mount Hermon has made it a center for outdoor recreational activities including walking, hiking, kayaking, rafting and bird watching. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Domestic system. ... This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia. ... Mount Hermon (top of photo) supplies the bulk of the Jordan River water Mount Hermon (Arabic: Jabalu sh-Shaykh) is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon range, on the border between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. ... Woman walking downstairs Walk redirects here. ... Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle_Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. ... Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ...

Since 1985 Kfar Blum has been the site of an annual "Voice of Music" chamber music festival that is held in mid-summer. This week-long event has grown to become the premier chamber music festival in Israel, drawing 15,000 visitors in recent years^[2]. Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ...

References

1. ^ David Breslau, ed., Arise and Build: The Story of American Habonim, Ichud Habonim Labor Zionist Youth, New York, 1961.
2. ^ Daniel Felsenstein and Aliza Fleischer, "Local Festivals and Tourism Promotion: The Role of Public Assistance and Visitor Expenditure", Journal of Travel Research, May 2005, pp. 385-392.

External links

• Unofficial Kfar Blum volunteer site
• Arise and Build: The Story of American Habonim