Ein HaShofet

"Ein HaShofet," literally, Judge's Spring, was named in honor of United States Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941), who played a leading role in the American Zionist movement.

[3] The kibbutz owns three industrial companies which produce metal parts, mostly for vehicles, and lighting products on a global scale.

[7] It was owned by an Effendi from a family called Salah, residing in Haifa, and was populated by Arab tenant farmers.

[9] The funds for the deal were raised by Louis D. Brandeis, a United States Supreme Court Justice lawyer, and a prominent Zionist figure.

[11] Built on JNF land with the help of the Keren Hayesod company, it was the first Jewish settlement on the Menashe Heights.

[7] Their departure was celebrated in Mishmar HaEmek, from where they brought dismantled structures, equipment for building a wall, and trees for planting.

[10] The construction of, the first permanent building took place in June 1938[12] and in October the rest of the members from Hadera and Jo'ara joined the kibbutz in its final location.

[5] During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the Ein HaShofet villagers helped to defeat Fawzi al-Qawuqji's forces after their April 1948 attack on Mishmar HaEmek.

Numerous burial caves have been discovered at Dhaharat el-Marshafa, a site situated to the east of Ein HaShofet.

Within one of them, a funerary inscription in either Hebrew or Aramaic was found carved into the wall, adorned with traces of red paint.

Another discovery from Ein HaShofet is an octagonal bronze ring engraved with Samaritan letters, although only a portion of it remains legible.