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Umm Juni

Umm Juni was the Arabic name of the Jordan Valley site where Degania, the first kibbutz, was founded in 1909. Discussed here as part of the post on the agricultural settlement of the Jordan Valley in the early Zionist period.

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Kinneret Courtyard
North · Galilee

Settlement of the Jordan Valley

A day through the Jordan Valley and the southern Sea of Galilee: the Harod Spring, the Roman bridge and hydroelectric ruins at Old Gesher and Naharayim, the Kinneret Courtyard and Rachel the Poet, Degania, the Motor House and the Kinneret Cemetery.

May 2014 · 4 minute read
The Harod Spring Roman / Mamluk bridge over the Jordan at Old Gesher (currently under restoration) Kinneret Courtyard The first building at Umm Juni The Motor House of Kinneret Grave of Naomi Shemer in the Kinneret Cemetery
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