Bar'am | |
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  Bar'am | |
| Coordinates: 33°03′30″N 35°26′00″E / 33.05833°N 35.43333°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 16 June 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized Palmach soldiers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 672 |
| Website | www.baram.org.il |
Bar'am (Hebrew: בַּרְעָם, lit. Son of the People), also Baram, is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with Lebanon near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am.[2] Bar'am National Park is known for the remains of one of Israel's oldest synagogues.[3] The kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council and had a population of 672 in 2022.[1]
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Jacob Neusner, Bertold Spuler & Hady R Idris (2001) Judaism in late antiquity, BRILL, p155
- ^ Steven Fine (2005) Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world: toward a new Jewish archaeology, Cambridge University Press, pp13–14