Dubrovin Farmstead, which houses the Yesod Ha'malah museum.

2024 marks 140 years since the foundation of Yesod Ha’malah, the first modern Jewish settlement in the Huleh valley, in northern Israel in 1884! The community is currently preparing to celebrate this anniversary. The name for the community was aptly taken from Ezra 7:9 where is tells the story of the return from the Babylon exile saying: “For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. ”. Yesod Ha’malah, is the “beginning” or “foundation” of going up. Today the story of Yesod Ha’malah is told at the Dubrovin Farmstead museum, just outside of the community. Christadelphians donated crucial funds at the very beginning to help the fledging community. References to Yesod Ha’malah can be found in the 1885 Christadelphian magazines.