Jo’ara
Jo'ara is a former military installation in the Menashe Heights. A small Palestinian Arab village existed on the hill until the 1930s. Between 1938 and 1948, it became the main military school for commanding officers of the Haganah and Palmach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: hill in the Menashe Heights of Northern Israel
- Also known as: “Giv`at Nuáh”, “J‘āra”, “Jara”, “Jarah”, “Jarak”, “Ji‘āra”, “Jo`ara”, “Joara”, and “Para”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ochberg Lookout and palmach cave.
Ochberg Lookout
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ochberg Lookout is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 1½ km west of Jo’ara.
palmach cave
Tourism office
Photo: DiggerDina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
palmach cave is a tourism office, which is situated 3 km east of Jo’ara.
Kibbutzim Monument
Memorial
Photo: Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kibbutzim Monument is a memorial, which is situated 2½ km east of Jo’ara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein HaShofet and Ramat HaShofet.
Ein HaShofet
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ein HaShofet is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights region around 25 km southeast of the city of Haifa, close to Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council.
Ramat HaShofet
Village
Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Public domain.
Ramat HaShofet is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,099.
Dalia
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Dalia is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee about 30 km southeast of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. The kibbutz was established in 1939. As of 2023 it had a population of 877. Dalia is situated 3½ km west of Jo’ara.
Jo’ara
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.59988° or 32° 35′ 60″ northLongitude
35.10855° or 35° 6′ 31″ eastElevation
252 metres (827 feet)Open location code
8G4QH4X5+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 278469922OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Polish—“Jo’ara” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Jo‘ara”
- Hebrew: “ג’וערה”
- Hebrew: “ג’ערה”
- Hebrew: “גבעת נוח”
- Hebrew: “גבעת נח”
- Hebrew: “גוערה”
- Polish: “Muzeum Dżo’ara”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jo’ara”. Photo: י.ש., GFDL.