novelist Naomi Frankel (1918–2009) joined the kibbutz in her teens and left it in 1970. Although she later changed her political ideology from left to right, she asked to be buried on the kibbutz beside her first husband. Frankel rose to fame with the publication of her trilogy Shaul ve-Yohannah (Saul and Joanna, 1956–1967), which depicted Jewish life in prewar Germany. Songwriter and composer Nachum Heiman, an Israel Prize laureate, moved to the kibbutz with his second wife, and their two daughters were born there, one of them singer Si Heiman. Israel Zamir (1929–2014), son of Jewish-American author Isaac Bashevis Singer, lived on the kibbutz for 77 years until his death in 2014. After his passing, he was buried at the kibbutz. Like his father, he was also a writer. In Israeli Culture Beit Alfa is repeatedly mentioned in the Natan Alterman-penned lyrics to the classic 1934 song, "Shir HaEmek" (Song of the Valley), about the Jezreel Valley. See also Archaeology of Israel Economy of Israel Tourism in Israel References Bibliography (p. 121) (p. 303) ( p. 162) External links Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons Beit Alfa, circa 1925 Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1922 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1922 establishments in Mandatory Palestine