Beit Hanania Colony
November 5, 2025
Binyamina Colony
November 5, 2025Also known as Kfar Tzvi Sitrin, Beit Tzvi is a settlement and youth village located in the Haifa region. It was established in 1952 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Tira, in the Haifa district. The settlement was named in honor of Zvi Sitrin (Howard Sitrin), a prominent leader of the Mizrachi Labor Party in the United States and a key figure in the establishment of the village. As of 2022, the number of settlers was approximately 129.
Kfar Sitrin was founded as a religious vocational school. Until 2006, it operated under the name “Yeshiva Technological College” (Kfar Tzvi Sitrin Yeshiva in Hebrew), and offered five areas of specialization:
- Dental Technologies
- Electronics
- Measurement and Control Systems
- Automotive Studies
- Naval Studies
For many years, the school was managed by the Borstein family. It included a boarding school and a large religious school, with electronics laboratories and a large garage for automotive training. The school maintained ties with the Israeli Navy, and graduates of the naval track were integrated into military service.
During the immigration waves, the school hosted young immigrants from Commonwealth countries as well as from Ethiopia. Financial support for students was provided through the Youth Aliyah program, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Social Welfare.
The institution was defined as a religious secondary school and admitted only male students. In its final years, it functioned in all respects as a religious technical high school.
In 2005, the settlement was purchased by businessman Lev Lesiev. In 2018, a large religious school for grades 13–14 was inaugurated on the site. The current CEO of the youth village is Avraham Krittenger.
Sources:
Due to the limited availability of Arabic-language sources, we relied on Israeli sources, including the official Hebrew website of the settlement and the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Information on the village of al-Tira was taken from the Palestine Remembered website.