ORTAL

Town Profile

Town Name: ORTAL
Origin of Name: Proposed by the late Azaria Alon, a member of Beit HaShita, due to the presence of the words "Or" (light) and "Tal" (dew) in various sources: • "For thy dew is as the dew of light" (Isaiah 26:19) • Hayim Nahman Bialik in his poem "With the Sun" – "And wit
Population:
Founding Date: 1978
Town Elevation: 920 m
Local Employment: Education, agriculture, tourism, liberal professions -

Background & Settlement

Ortal is a family-oriented kibbutz that preserves the values of partnership and mutual assistance alongside constant renewal.

In Ortal, the advancement of the individual is considered a supreme value in communal existence. The kibbutz maintai

Our Vision

A mission-driven, profitable, growing, and leading kibbutz, upholding the values of cooperation and mutual guarantee alongside values of freedom, personal responsibility, and personal development of the member.

Our Goals

Social-Community Preserving Ortal as a high-quality, joyful community and a good place to live. Preserving a community that respects its members. High-standard education and culture, and personal involvement of members in community life.
Demographic A multigenerational, growing society with demographic continuity.
Economic Economic independence, individual livelihood, and high living standards.
Values-based An influential settlement contributing to the environment and society (in regional development, management, and diverse spheres of life).

Core Values

Kibbutz Ortal is the home of its members and residents, who choose to live in it and maintain a Zionist, Jewish, secular, pluralistic, and democratic society, founded on the values chosen by its members.
Kibbutz Ortal maintains a multigenerational society caring for its members at every age; a growing and renewing society through absorption
into membership of Ortal's sons and daughters and new members.
Ortal members are responsible for their livelihood and for realizing their personal, professional, economic, and developmental potential.
Kibbutz Ortal maintains and invests in the development of a profitable, jointly owned productive enterprise.
Kibbutz Ortal maintains a partnership that establishes, develops, and nurtures community assets, community service systems, community and education committees, alongside diverse cultural and social life based on community members' volunteerism.
Kibbutz Ortal maintains and cultivates a kibbutz education system for all children of Ortal, based on its values and involved in the community.
Kibbutz Ortal maintains defined and agreed mutual guarantee in health, nursing care, welfare, special needs, and education, ensuring a fair livelihood for all its members in present and future.
The Ortal community is a mission-driven society contributing to the development of the Golan and Israeli society.

Education

Early Childhood Education (3 Children's Houses)

Mitz Petel from age 4 months to 1 year
Parpar Nechmad from age 1 year to 2 years
Gan Gurim from age 3 to school age

Community-Social Education (4 Children's Houses from 1st to 12th Grade)

Peter Pan Grades 1–3
Zbang Grade 4
Ne'oron Grades 7–9
Ne'urim Grades 10–12

Additional Frameworks

Adam VeAdama Agricultural High School (Boarding School) for Grades 9–12

Agriculture

The primary livelihood of the kibbutz comes from agriculture, with diverse crops and activities including: Orchards and fruits: apples (Pink Lady, Gala, Red Delicious, and more), cherries, peaches, nectarines, and wine grapes. The orchards focus on producing fruit for the Israeli market while adhering to strict standards of size, color, and variety. •Livestock branches and field crops: beef cattle, dairy farm, poultry, and field crops.