Located near Kiryat Ata and adjacent to the kibbutzim of Kfar HaMaccabi and Usha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council.

It was named after the South African politician Jan Smuts, who was a prominent supporter of Zionism and a personal friend of Chaim Weizmann.

[3] Upon graduating high school in 1940, Yitzhak Rabin joined the kibbutz's Noar Ha’oved (Working Youth) training program.

The kibbutz grows produce including mainly avocado, lychee and citrus fruits.

In recent years aimed primarily at American and Russian students, the program ceased operating in 2017 mostly due to Israeli government changes to immigration evaluations.