Nutza:Amire80/Amirim-test
Amirim (Hebrew: אֲמִירִים, lit. Treetops) is a moshav in the Galilee established by vegetarians. Today 150 families live on the moshav.[1] Amirim is located 650 m. above sea level on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. It is 15 km. from Safed.[2]
History
[Werkeln | Am Gwëntext werkeln]Early attempts by Jewish immigrants from Morocco to establish a settleme test test test nt in the 1950s were not successful. The original name was Shefa Bet. In 1958, a group of people of various backgrounds banded together to create a moshav based on a vegetarian, vegan, and organic lifestyle and ideology. Among them were numerous Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventist families under the leadership of Ben Roden and Lois Roden. The founders of Amirim were among the pioneers of the vegetarian movement in Israel.[1] The Rodens established "The Branch Organic Agricultural Association," one of the first organizations to encourage organic gardening in Israel, which produces an abundance of crops for the area and for Europe.[citation needed]