Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
כְּפַר אַחִים كفار أحيم | |
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Kfar Ahim | |
Coordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°ECoordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Be'er Tuvia |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1949 |
Founded by | Polish and Romanian Jewish immigrants |
Population (2019)[1] | 877 |
Name meaning | Village of Brothers |
Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. Village of Brothers) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 877.[1]
History[]
The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[2] It was named for two brothers who were killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg.[3]
Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include Benny Gantz, Israel's former Chief of the General Staff, and Knesset member and the current Minister of Transport, Yisrael Katz.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
Categories:
- Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1949
- 1949 establishments in Israel
- Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
- Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
- Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel