Urim, Israel

Located near the border of the Gaza Strip and about 30 kilometers west of Beersheba,[2] the kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.

[1] Kibbutz Urim was founded on 6 October 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev by a gar'in of young Jews from Bulgaria,[3] later joined by North American members of Habonim.

[4] According to Walid Khalidi, Urim was established on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Al-Imara.

[8] Olympic equestrian Daniel Bluman has an equine therapy project in Israel that he operates in conjunction with Kibbutz Urim.

[10]Erez Kalderon from Kibbutz Nir Oz, a student in the equine therapy program, was kidnapped by Hamas when the boy was 11 years old, and is held hostage.

Kibbutz Urim in 1946
Urim communal dining hall in 2013