Sde Nahum

Sde Nahum (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה נַחוּם‎, lit. Nahum Field) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located around 4 km northwest of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. As of 2005, the kibbutz had a population of about 50 families and 550 people. The kibbutz was founded on 5 January 1937 by members of the Sadeh group from the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, as well as immigrants from Austria, Germany and Poland. It was the third kibbutz established as part of the tower and stockade settlement movement. Initially called Kibbutz HaSadeh, it was later renamed in honour of Nahum Sokolov, a Zionist writer. Ruins of a 5th–6th century Byzantine church have been found in the...