Ein Hod

En Hod (Hebrew עין הוד, often in the case of Ein Hod ) is an artist village in northern Israel, 15 kilometers south of Haifa is situated on the slopes of Mount Carmel.

History

The village was A Howd, whose inhabitants were forced to flee in the wake of the Israeli state was founded founded in 1948 on the site of the Arab village. Most of the villagers fled ( 650-950 ) settled in Jenin. A few remained, settled near their former village, where they founded the new A Howd, which was first recognized in 1992 by the Israeli state as a community.

En Hod in 1953 on the initiative of the Dadaist Marcel Janco an artists' colony. From now living in the village families at least one family member is an artist. In addition to various art galleries and studios, the village operates the " Janco -Dada Museum " with a focus on Dadaism.

In 2010 the museum had to because of the severe forest fires in the Carmel Mountains, where aufgingen some houses of the village in flames, to be evacuated.

Importance

The great artistic and cultural significance En Hod is also reflected in the fact that so far ten inhabitants of the village have been awarded the Israel Prize: Zahara Schatz ( 1955), Marcel Janco itself ( 1967), Gertrud Kraus (1968 ), Simon Halkin (1975 ), Haim Hefer (1983 ), Natan Zach (1995), Aryeh Navon (1996 ), Michael Gross ( 2000), Gavri Banai (2000), Gila Almagor ( 2004).

Another well-known residents is Arik Brauer.