page_title: Kvutzat Yavne
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kvutzat Yavne / History
caption_attribution_description: עברית: יבנה - מראה
context_page_description: Kvutzat Yavne is a religious kibbutz in the Central District of Israel. Located in the coastal plain just east of Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 976.
  The Kibbutz, is the location of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh.
context_section_description: The idea of Kvutzat Yavne was conceived in Germany; 
  and then originally called "Kvutzat Rodges".
  The intention of the founders was to make the area near ancient Yavne (from which it takes its name) the site of a religious kibbutz and a yeshiva. 
  These founders, members of the Religious Zionist movement - specifically, the Association of Religious Pioneers (  ברית חלוצים דתיים ,בח"ד) - began to prepare themselves for agricultural work on German farms in 1929. 
  Shortly thereafter, they immigrated to Mandate Palestine. They initially settled near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Finally, in 1941, the 180-person group of German Zionists, began to build Kvutzat Yavne at its intended location. The kibbutz continued to grow, joined by German, American, and Sabras. It came to be known as the cradle of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, with which the kibbutz is associated.
caption: Kvutzat Yavne, 1945
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