[3] It was named in honour of Arthur Ruppin, a Zionist leader who was at the time the head of the Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency and who helped the group with establishing the kibbutz[3] as part of his effort to develop Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel.

[4] From 2017, the Mekhinat HaEmek (מכינת העמ"ק) pre-army preparatory academy moved to the kibbutz from the close by moshav Tel Te'omim.

[3] The area is known for birdwatching due to its location on one of the most important bird migration flyways between Europe and Africa.

[9] The kibbutz culture hall, built in 1965 on a hill near the original tower and stockade structures, is being converted into a birdwatching observatory and research center.

[11] Near the kibbutz is an archaeological site called Tel Tsaf, a 7,000-year-old prehistoric village which has produced the largest database of materials from the Neolithic to the Chalcolithic periods.