HaKfar HaYarok
Israeli youth village
HaKfar HaYarok - Levi Eshkol Green Village (Hebrew: הכפר הירוק) is a youth village in Israel, located in southern Ramat HaSharon, along the northern border of Tel Aviv.
Name
Gershon Zak, who founded the village in 1950, called it "Green Village" with the intention to name it after David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), whose original name was Gryn or Grün, lit. "green" in Yiddish or German. However, many people did not understand the message contained in the name, and over the years a definite article "The" was added to the institution's name. Twenty years later, after the death of Israel's third Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol (1895–1969), which occurred before the death of the older Ben-Gurion, "the green village" was named after Eshkol, becoming "The Levi Eshkol Green Village".
History
The village started as an agricultural boarding school with an emphasis on agricultural work. Zak established the village with an eye towards having a youth community that would partially oversee itself with adult supervision over security, health and studies. This was a cornerstone of socialized education at the time.
In the 60's there was even a sleep away camp at the Kfar of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18. It was operated in the summer when some of the local students went home.
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