Avnei Eitan
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- Town Name: Avnei Eitan
- Origin of Name: Named in memory of six founding members who fell in Israel's wars, and another member who passed away from illness.
- Population:
- Founding Date: June 1978
- Local Employment: Agriculture, vegetable and fruit farming, dairy farms, poultry farms, flowers, as well as liberal professions, tourism, and alternative medicine.
- Agriculture: Vegetable and fruit farming
- Tourism: Tourism in a variety of areas - active recreation sites and rural accommodation, off-road activities - bicycles and jeeps, an organic boutique winery, and more.
Background & Settlement
Avnei Eitan, an agricultural-community-tourist moshav, was established by members of a nucleus from the Religious Scouts and Bnei Akiva, the southernmost of the religious settlements bloc in the Golan. The settlement was named in memory of six founding
Economy
Settlement residents engage in a variety of occupations across diverse agriculture – dairy farms, poultry coops, sheep, various orchards, flowers, and plants for processing and marketing agricultural produce.
Tourism in various fields – active recreation sites and rural accommodations, outdoor activities – bicycles, jeeps, an organic boutique winery, and more.
Education
Settlement members are employed across the full spectrum of educational institutions, from kindergarten through regional schools, yeshivas, and ulpanas in the region.
A community activity model was developed in the settlement that mobilizes maximum local efforts in organizing settlement-wide social activities across various holidays of the year. This activity contributes decisively to community cohesion and a family-like atmosphere in the settlement.
The settlement has an agricultural, rural, and tourism character combining a diverse population in terms of age and occupations, representing the full range of streams recognized within Religious Zionism.
- Early childhood: 0 minutes (in the settlement)
- Elementary: 15 minutes (in Hispin and Keshet)
- Secondary: 20 minutes (in Hispin and Katzrin)
