{{Short description|Kibbutz in Northern Israel}} {{for|the biblical city|Dan (ancient city)}} {{Infobox Israel village | settlement_type = Kibbutz | name = Dan | hebname = דן | image = Dan HarDov.jpg | caption = View of Dan | foundation = 1939 | founded_by = Hungarian HaShomer Members | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | council = Upper Galilee | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Dan}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel northeast#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=right | coordinates = {{coord|33|14|25|N|35|39|11|E|display=inline,title}} | website = {{url|www.kdan.co.il}} |}} '''Dan''' ({{langx|he|דן}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the north of the Hula Valley, at the foot of Mount Hermon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. As of {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Dan}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== Dan was founded in 1939 by Jewish farmers from Transylvania<ref name="JNF 1948">{{cite book |title=Jewish Villages in Israel |author=Jewish National Fund |author-link=Jewish National Fund |year=1949 |publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press |location=Jerusalem |pages=30}}</ref> as part of the Tower and Stockade campaign. It is affiliated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement. In 1947, the population was 340.<ref name="JNF 1948" /> Dan was one of two villages established in honour of Menachem Ussishkin and counted among the "Ussishkin Fortresses". It was named after the Israelite town of "Dan" mentioned in Genesis 14:14, 1 Samuel 3:20 and 1 Kings 12:29, which has been identified with the nearby Tel Dan. Kibbutz Dan is located in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Dan delineated in Joshua 19:47. It suffered heavy losses during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, bearing the brunt of the Syrian invasion.<ref name="JNF 1948" /> <gallery> File:דן.-JNF033828.jpeg|Dan under construction, 1940 File:דן - מראה-JNF034498.jpeg|Dan in 1940 File:Kibbutz Dan.jpg|Palmach mortar training at Dan, 1948 File:Kibbutz Dan ii.jpg|Yiftach Brigade stationed at Dan, 1948 File:PikiWiki Israel 4454 Agriculture in Israel.jpg|Working in the field, 1948–49 File:PikiWiki Israel 47202 Kibbutz Dan.jpg|Dan during early 1950s </gallery>
==Economy== One of the first economic branches in the kibbutz was a cooperative trout-breeding venture with neighbouring kibbutz of Dafna.<ref name="JNF 1948" />
The Caviar Galilee Company, which exports caviar under the brand name "Karat Caviar," is based on the kibbutz. The caviar is well-regarded; Eric Ripert, chef and proprietor of Le Bernardin, and Jean Francois Bruel, chef of Restaurant Daniel, have stated their preference for the brand.<ref name=Haaretz1>{{Citation|last=Handwerker|first=Haim|title=New York's finest caviar: All the way from a socialist kibbutz in northern Israel|newspaper=Ha'Aretz|date=27 April 2012|url=https://www.haaretz.com/culture/new-york-s-finest-caviar-all-the-way-from-a-socialist-kibbutz-in-northern-israel-1.426810|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427050812/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/new-york-s-finest-caviar-all-the-way-from-a-socialist-kibbutz-in-northern-israel-1.426810|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2012|access-date=2012-07-01}}</ref> The kibbutz exports caviar to the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan, Singapore and Canada. In 2011, the company produced 3,000 kilograms. It has plans to increase production gradually to 8,000 kilograms a year.<ref name=Haaretz1/>
A museum for the nature and history of the area, "Bet Ussishkin," operates at the Kibbutz.<ref>[https://museum.teva.org.il/ Bet Ussishkin official website] (in Hebrew).</ref>
==Landmarks== * Tel Dan * Dan is the starting point of the Israel National Trail.
==References== {{Commons category|Dan (kibbutz)}} {{Reflist}}
{{Upper Galilee Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
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