Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak is located on the coastal plain southeast of Netanya in the center of the country. The kibbutz is named after Yitzhak Steiger, one of the founders of the Zionist Youth Movement in Poland. “In whose name?!” the government naming committee asked in amazement and refused to approve the name sometime during late 1938. “What 34-year-old guy, with all due respect, has already done enough to justify a kibbutz named in his honor?” But the founders of the kibbutz did not give up, and returned again and again to the naming committee.
Today, in addition to Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak, there is also the Tel Yitzhak Nature Reserve, Tel Yitzhak Hill Reserve South, the excellent Tel Yitzhak Kitchen & Garden restaurant… and thus, those founders who dreamed of commemorating the name of the young man who was a leader and role model for them, were the last to laugh.
Visit Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak
In the kibbutz itself, which was part of the Tower and Stockade settlements, you can visit a reconstruction of the tower. In addition, the Massuah International Institute for Holocaust Studies operates in memory of members of the Zionist youth movement who perished in the Holocaust. The Institue has a center for Holocaust studies, a historical museum and the Zionist Youth Archive.
You can visit the Tel Yitzhak dining hall that’s open to passers-by on normal days. Those who want to burn some calories can schedule a training session at the “Body Studio” (Pilates, yoga…). When in Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak you can also visit Inbal’s jewelry design studio.
