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From Bahrain to the Galilee: The Israeli I hired grows the fruits of peace
Gal's grandfather immigrated from Bahrain with his father, who was the head of the Jewish community there.
He raised 9 children with his wife in the transit camp, as well as a small orchard he loved before he died.
Today his grandson in the Galilee picks the fruits (or grapes) that were planted somewhere in the Persian Gulf.
"Grandpa would have been thrilled to see the vineyard today," he says
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Ziv Reinstein
Friday, 30 October 2020, 08:35
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Nahal Tzipori (Photo: Ziv Reinstein, Editing: Noa Levy)
(In the video: Nahal Tzipori)
In the days when the countries of the Persian Gulf are in the headlines and everyone wants to go there, here is a story in the opposite direction - about a Jew from Bahrain who came to Israel in 1950 and took root.
Roots that these days become the skin and tendons of winegrowers, and become an Israeli and Zionist wine.
But let's go back in time 70 years.
Shimon Sri Hacohen was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Bahrain, who in 1950 led the immigration of Jews to Israel, when riots began among the Jews there, with the establishment of the state.
The family arrived in Israel without any property, with their five children, living in the Talpiot transit camp in Jerusalem.
One of them was Baruch Sri, who and his wife Miriam moved into a two-room apartment in the Katamonim neighborhood - where they raised nine children.
The transition from a life of wealth and abundance in Bahrain to a life of austerity and hardship in the country was not easy to bless, but with the help of values for Zionism, giving and hard work he managed to raise particularly successful descendants.
His daughter, Rivka, is a doctor of education, and her son, Gal Yonah, who currently lives in Timrat in the Lower Galilee, is currently picking the Zionist fruit (or harvesting the grapes) planted by his great-grandfather from Bahrain. "Grandpa was a farmer by heart," he recalled. Gal, "A man with patience from here to heaven and he shaped a lot of who I am.
"For example, in order for the children to attend school, he would repair furniture at the school for a fee."
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To the left sits Gal's great-grandfather, Shimon HaCohen, who was the rabbi of the community in Bahrain.
To his right, his wife Rachel, and at her feet sits Grandma Miriam
He fell in love with wine in Germany.
Gal Yonah in Kerem Baruch, named after his grandfather, in Tzipori (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
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"I just fell in love with this piece"
Gal (42), who is married to Naama and has three children, is a mechanical engineer by training but in 2014 found himself in the city of Mainz, the capital of the state of Rheinland Pfalz in southwestern Germany, due to his wife's postdoctoral fellowship.
"Somehow from the circumstances, I made a decision not to engage in engineering, even though Germany is a 'paradise for engineers,'" he says, "and I decided to open my head and see what else could be done."
On a preparatory tour of the new destination, they discovered that they are located in the heart of a great wine and vineyard area.
"I was very fascinated by this," he recalled, then enrolled in an introductory course at the University of California at Davis, saw that it was good and decided to pursue a degree in business administration at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, while at the same time looking for wineries to work at.
Gal worked for about two and a half years at two organic wineries, made connections and got on the wave (Yona).
“I just fell in love with this piece that comes from the ground up to the bottle, in this chain that is an endless matrix where you can choose where you focus on making the wine,” he says.
"Was a farmer at heart."
Grandpa Baruch (left) and the orchard in his house he loved to cultivate in Jerusalem (Photo: courtesy of Gal Yonah)
The start-up for the establishment of a vineyard
After about two years, Gal realized that he wanted to produce his own wine in Israel.
In 2017, he returned to Israel with his family and began preparing a business plan, in which he raised NIS 100,000 in mass funding campaigns (Hadstart), mainly from family and friends, and looked for places to plant his vineyard in the area.
He came to Birdy and met Mitch Pilzer, a local tourist, who got excited and leased him an area to plant the vineyard.
On Tu B'Shvat 2019, Gal Kanot planted a vineyard in the vineyard, and recently the vine varieties Shanin Blanc and Shiraz were planted on them. Today he has two dunams of a planted vineyard, which he can, he says, yield about a thousand bottles a year. In the meantime, Gal does not give up on the hospitality experience of travelers, and although he does not yet have his own wine, he hosts people and pours them wine from other wineries in the area while the location, the view and the shade under the broad oak tree in the vineyard are just wonderful. "He says.
But until Gal sees a livelihood from wine, which is already difficult nowadays for farmers and tourists, he does not sit under his vine and fig, and decided to study for a teaching certificate at Oranim College, so he can be a physics teacher in the area and still bring a few shekels home." "I very much identify with education and it is also good for me because of the practical level, so that I can be flexible and make time for the care of the vineyard," he explains.
When the location, the view and the shade in the vineyard are just wonderful.
Hikers in Kerem Yona (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
The vineyard in Tzipori will supply about a thousand bottles in 2023.
Kerem Yonah (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
Next project: Growing ancient vines
Gal's future plan is to plant two more dunams of grapes in the area, where ancient vines grown in the Land of Israel will grow, such as Beituni, Maravi, Jandali and others currently under research at Ariel University.
"Birdy is the place to innovate these varieties and examine some of the vine and wine varieties that King David, Herod and Jesus drank for us even today," he explains.
"I started bringing people here who fell in love with my story and I felt they enjoyed and wanted to participate, to be a part of the experience and the vineyard," he says, "and I struggled to raise more money to establish the vineyard here, so I said 'Let's be KKL-JNF. part of the project. "and so he offers each and every plant cotton at a cost of 25 shekels, or even be physically planting it, and those who want to plant four vines, meaning hundred shekels, will receive a certificate donor and a glass of wine all his life every time he comes to visit the winery.
on the road, It also turned an old ruin between the vineyards, which was Birdy's first barn, and turned it into a hut. The Israel Trail that passes through Birdy, as well as the Jesus Trail and other trails, provide quite a few hikers in the area, so anyone who needs a place to head can do This is in the cabin, and of course free of charge. "There is water, electricity, families traveling, there is room for a campfire here.
Just come. "
Donate 25 shekels and come plant a vine in your name.
Gal and the donor certificate he provides from Yona Winery (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
Used the old barn for the beauty of a place to stay.
The trailers' hut near the vineyard (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
Grandpa Baruch passed away in 2009, and the vineyard that Gal Neta is named after.
"He really liked working in the little orchard he had in Katamonim," Gal recalls, "and I'm sure he would have been delighted to see 'Kerem Baruch' today."
And he's right.
Gal Yona, talk to him: 050-6679711.
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Offered people to be a part of the project.
Wave and hikers under Alono in Kerem Yona (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
"He was delighted to see the vineyard today."
Grandpa Baruch and his wife Miriam (Photo: Courtesy of Gal Yona)
He began studying for a teaching certificate in parallel with the care of the vineyard.
Gal Yona (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
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