Kibbutz Bar’am is located in northern Israel, approximately 300 meters from Israel’s border with Lebanon near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar’am. The kibbutz is currently evacuated.
Nearby Bar’am National Park is known for the remains of one of Israel’s oldest synagogues.
Bar’am has orchards where apples, pears, nectarines, plums, and kiwi are grown, and a packing plant, where the fruit is sorted, packed and kept in cold storage until it is delivered to markets throughout Israel. Other crops include corn, peanuts and sunflower seeds. In addition, the kibbutz has ponds for fish farming.
The kibbutz operates the Bar David Museum, which houses bi-annual exhibitions from the large permanent collection of paintings and Jewish ritual objects, plus temporary exhibitions of fine art, sculpture and photography, and a small Archeology Room that exhibits objects from the region, such as ceramic and glass artefacts and jewellery and statuettes.
Photo: MASQUERAID / CC BY-SA
