Ma'ale HaHamisha
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Ma'ale HaHamisha מַעֲלֵה הַחֲמִישָּׁה |
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 Ma'ale HaHamisha
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| Coordinates: 31°49′2.27″N 35°6′38.52″E / 31.8172972°N 35.1107000°ECoordinates: 31°49′2.27″N 35°6′38.52″E / 31.8172972°N 35.1107000°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 19 July 1938 |
| Founded by | Gordonia members |
| Population (2015) | 674 |
| Name meaning | Ascent of the Five |
Ma'ale Hahamisha (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה הַחֲמִישָּׁה, lit. Ascent of the Five) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Judean hills just off the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 674.
The kibbutz was founded by members of the Gordonia youth movement on 19 July 1938 as one of 57 settlements founded almost overnight between 1936 and 1939 in order to establish a permanent Jewish presence in Palestine under the threat of attacks during the Arab revolt. It was named after five men ambushed and killed by Arab gunmen nearby. Ma'ale HaHamisha took in refugees from Gush Etzion in 1949.
Food warehouse at Ma'ale HaHamisha on fire following Arab Legion shelling from Radar Hill, 1948
Peperman building, Ma'aleh Hahamisha, after battle with Arab Legion. Originally a sanatorium for workers from Dead Sea Potash became Harel Brigade HQ.
1948 damage to the Peperman sanatorium
The kibbutz originally supported itself primarily on agriculture and developed both the Ma'ale HaHamisha cauliflower and peach, as well as gaining income from a hotel. In the early 2000s, the main issue in privatization of the kibbutz was what type of financial and social change could take place. Until then, all sources of income, including German reparations and old age payments, went into the kibbutz kitty, which supplied all necessities, communal and individual. The concept of sliding pay scales for different work — promoted primarily by the younger generation — had to be reconciled with the contributions of the veteran members.
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