Deganya Attractions
2km/1.25mi south of Bet Yerah, at the point where the Jordan emerges from the Sea of Galilee, is the kibbutz of Deganya. This was the very first kibbutz, founded in 1909 by Russian immigrants. The original kibbutz is now known as Deganya A, its more recently founded neighbor as Deganya B.
At the main entrance to Deganya A is a Syrian tank which in 1948 advanced as far as the kibbutz but was then knocked out by a Molotov cocktail. Within the territory of the kibbutz is Gordon House (named after Aharon D. Gordon, one of the founders of the kibbutz), a research institute with an archeological, natural history and agricultural museum.
At the main entrance to Deganya A is a Syrian tank which in 1948 advanced as far as the kibbutz but was then knocked out by a Molotov cocktail. Within the territory of the kibbutz is Gordon House (named after Aharon D. Gordon, one of the founders of the kibbutz), a research institute with an archeological, natural history and agricultural museum.
