{{Short description|Place in northern Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Hulata | hebname = חולתה | image = File:KibbutzHulata.JPG | foundation = 1937 | founded_by = HaMahanot HaOlim members | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | council = Upper Galilee | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Hulata}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel northeast#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|33|3|6.11|N|35|36|34.91|E|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Hulata''' ({{langx|he|חולתה}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Hulata}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The kibbutz was established in 1937 as a fishing village by a gar'in of HaMahanot HaOlim youth group members. It was named for its location in the Hula Valley. After the draining of the Hula swamps, the residents began working in agriculture.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100925232513/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/the-good-life-on-a-kibbutz-1.315085 The good life on a kibbutz], Haaretz</ref>
The documentary film ''Kibbutz'' traces the stages of grieving and disillusionment that followed Hulata's economic collapse and privatization.<ref>[https://israelfilmcenterstream.org/film/kibbutz/ Kibbutz: Documentary]</ref>
Hulata is a pluralistic kibbutz that accepts members from all backgrounds, both religiously observant and not.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100925232513/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/the-good-life-on-a-kibbutz-1.315085 The good life on a kibbutz], Haaretz</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:חולתה - צעירות מעליית הנוער קולעות מחצלות-JNF019841.jpeg|Young women in Hulata weaving mats in 1940 File:חולתה - ילדי חולתה-JNF013552.jpeg|Hulata in 1945 File:PikiWiki Israel 20430 Spices store in Kibbutz Hulata.JPG|Spice market at Hulata in 2016 File:Hulata 1945.jpg|Hulata. Survey of Palestine. 1945. Scale 1:250,000 File:PikiWiki Israel 20429 Old Dining room in Kibbutz Hulata.JPG|Former communal dining room File:MEMBERS OF KIBBUTZ HULATA BRINGING IN REEDS CUT ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF LAKE HULA. חלוצים, חברי קיבוץ חולתה, מביאים קני סוף מאגם החולה.D832-070.jpg|Members of the kibbutz, bringing in reeds cut on the northern shore of Lake Hula in 1940 </gallery>
==Notable residents== *Tal Russo * Mike Schwartz (born 1949), American-Israeli basketball player and coach *Iftach Spector
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Upper Galilee Regional Council}}
Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1937 Category:1937 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)