Sunday, July 9: Modern Israel in an Ancient Land
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Sunday, July 9: modern Israel in an ancient land Dalton Industrial Park Maytronics Iscar Peki’in Druze Village Ma'alot Tarshicha The Parents Circle- Family Forum Karmiel Mifgash with Ort-Braude Students Dalton Industrial Park The Dalton Industrial Park is located in the fastest growing industrial location in the north of Israel. Offering the highest level of government benefits for industry, the location is easily accessed from the nearby cities of Safed, Carmiel and Ma'alot and the Technical Colleges of Ort Braude and Tel Hai. To date, the Industrial Park has attracted a varied number of sophisticated industries in the fields of machine tools, plastics, electronics and research and development. The local towns and villages provide a skilled and motivated work-force. The Iscar Group has established the MasteRound machine tool production plant at the Industrial Park in Dalton. Employing only local residents, the company has successfully completed the first two rounds of worker selection and training, doubling plant size in just one year. Galeatea, a highly innovative company in the field of equipment for the diamond industry, moved to the park the year it was opened in 2006 as a start-up operation, and have since grown into an international company with an extensive export market . The 25 industrial companies located alongside the Dalton Industrial Park will soon provide close to 700 jobs and include the pharmaceutical company Secure, Elcam Ltd. – a manufacturer of sterile equipment for the medical industry and the boutique wineries of Dalton and Carmel Mizrahi. Known as a region of boutique vineyards and tourism, quality residential opportunities are available in the village communities neighboring the Park, many of whom have development flourishing enterprises in rural tourism. Plans provide for the construction of 8 industrial buildings in a park area of some 25 acres and include the development of educational and cultural programs. To date, four industrial buildings have been completed within a landscaped park including a sculpture garden commissioned by the artist David Fine, together with the artists Yigal Meron, Bernie Fink, Hasan Khater, and Salo Shaul. http://www.iparks.co.il/eng/About__Dalton_Industrial_Park Maytronics Leaders in Innovative Eco-friendly Pool Technology. Maytronics provides a complete solution for swimming pool care. Our wide range of automatic pool cleaners, environment-friendly water treatment systems and pool safety products delivers an exceptional pool experience to residential and commercial swimming pool owners and operators around the world. Our products include the Dolphin™ line of robotic pool cleaners, the AQUAlife pool covers and Aqualarm and Espio pool alarms. Setting the Standard for Automatic Pool Cleaners: Founded in 1983, Maytronics pioneered the field of automatic pool cleaning. We developed the world-renowned Dolphin robotic pool cleaners and, over the years, became the acknowledged market leader. Our state-of-the-art products and technologies consistently set new standards in pool care, offering an unmatched combination of innovation and high-end aesthetic design. Maytronics repeatedly leads the market in identifying emerging trends and introducing new technologies and robots that address new and varied market segments. Local presence around the world: Maytronics operates wholly-owned subsidiaries in the USA, France, Australia and a local sales support for Latin America located in Argentina. We also maintain an extensive global distribution network, ensuring we are always close to our customers. Our easy-access service centers located in regional markets provide reliable and efficient sales, service and technical support to our customers, wherever they are. Working together for success: At Maytronics, we believe in building strong, long-term business relationships. Some of our agents have been representing the company for almost 30 years, bearing witness to our commitment to mutual success. http://www.maytronics.com/about-maytronics-group ISCAR Stef Wertheimer began his industrial career in the early 1950's with the manufacture of hard-metal cutting tools and bits in a small workshop in his back yard. Iscar – Israel Carbide was established with just two employees, including the founder himself . Within five years, Iscar was exporting precision carbide cutting tools to Europe and the United States. In 1982, the Iscar plant was the first to move to a remote industrial zone near Israel’s northern border—Tefen. At this time, having just completed a term as a member of the Israeli parliament, Stef Wertheimer returned to Tefen with the aim of assisting young entrepreneurs in setting up industrial initiatives that focus on export markets. In 1984, the Tefen Industrial Park was established alongside Iscar Ltd. in the Tefen industrial area . Today ISCAR is the largest of the 15 companies that comprise IMC (International Metalworking Companies). In 2013 Berkshire Hathaway completed the purchase of IMC, at an estimated company value of around $10 billion, with over 10,000 employees in 140 subsidiaries in 61 countries . IMC are world leaders in the provision of a comprehensive range of products and engineering and manufacturing solutions, with clients that include the major manufacturing industries of automotive, aerospace and die & mold production. http://www.iparks.co.il/eng/stef_iscar/Iscar_Ltd. Peki'in Not to be confused with Pekin. ), isالبقيعة :or Buqei'a (Arabic ( ְּפ ִקי ִעין :Peki'in (alternatively Peqi'in) (Hebrew a Druze town with local council status in Israel'sNorthern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In December 2012 the population was reportedly 5,435.[2] A tradition of the Jewish community says they lived there continuously from the Second Temple period through the 20th century.[3][4] History Objects such as potsherds of the Chalcolithic period were found in the village, and a burial site close by, making a 100 dunams (25 acres) settlement a possibility.[5] The village Baca in Josephus' The Jewish War[6] is thought to be Peki'in.[7][8][9] According to Josephus it marked the border between the kingdom of Herod Agrippa II, and Tyre. A bundle of Jewish traditions is associated with a certain Peki'in often, appearing in writing under the names Baka, Paka andPeki'in, which gave rise to the theory that a Jewish community lived there continuously from the Second Temple period. According to the Talmud, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah run a Beth Midrash, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son Rabbi Elazar ben Shimon, hid in a cave from the Romans for 13 years,[10][11] and Shimon bar Yochai went on to teach at the city. However, there is evidence that the identification of Rabbinic Peki'in with Peki'in-Buqei'a is of Ottoman time,[12] and other sites in the vicinity of Rehovot have also been suggested. The first writing where the name Peki'in undoubtedly refers to this village is from a 1765 Hebrew travel book.[citation needed] In the Crusader era, Peki'in was known under the name of Bokehel.[13] Together with several other villages in the area, it was part of the lordship of St. George, one of the largest in the Acre area. In the 12th century it was held by Henry de Milly, after his death it was inherited by his three daughters.[14][15] Henry de Milly's third and youngest daughter, Agnes of Milly, married Joscelin III. In 1220 their daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold their land, including "one third of the fief of St. George", and "one third of the village of Bokehel", to the Teutonic Knights.[16] During this era the village was connected by a road to Castellum Regis.[17] Ottoman period Jews of Peki'in, c. 1930 Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with the rest of Palestine, Peki'in appeared in the 1596 tax registers as being in theNahiya of Akka of the Liwa of Safad. It had a population of 77 households and 7 bachelors who were all Muslims, in addition to 79 Jewish households. The villagers paid taxes on occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives, a press for olives or grapes, andjizya.[18] A tax on silk spinning (dulab harir), which was levied in 1555 on six villages surrounding Mount Meron, rated highest in Peki'in.[19]A silk industry is also attested by an account from 1602,[20] and by several old mulberry trees in the village. Jewish population was recorded at 33 households in 1525, and experienced a rise, drop, stabilization and another rise before 1596.[21] It is said some Kohanitic families immigrated from Kafr 'Inan, possibly in the late 16th century.[22] The Almani family probably came from the village Alma.[23] In 1875, French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village and described it as: "The population at present number 600—Druzes, United Greeks, Schismatic Greeks, and a few Jewish families, who pretend to descend from the ancient inhabitants of the country. Every year in the summer several hundreds of Jews come here from Tiberias to pass the hot season. Most of these Jews came originally from Europe, and are happy in finding here the last indigenous scions of the ancient national stock. ... At Bukeiah, thanks to the two springs which issue from the hill-side, they cultivate on the slopes and almost to the bottom of the valley delicious gardens, watered by numerous streams. Here grow, on different terraces, kept up by great walls, probably ancient, fruit-trees of all kinds, such as citrons, oranges, pomegranates, figs, quinces, and mulberries. The vine flourishes marvelously, as is shown by the enormous trunks. The United Greeks have a little church, which I found shut; the Schismatic Greeks also have one which has replaced a much more ancient Christian sanctuary. Only a few cut stones and the trunk of a column remain of it.The Jews worship in a synagogue of modern date."[24] In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "A good village, built of stone, containing a chapel and a synagogue.