Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch
כְּפַר קִישׁ | |
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Kfar Kisch | |
Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E / 32.66722°N 35.44861°ECoordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E / 32.66722°N 35.44861°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Council | Lower Galilee |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1946 |
Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
Population (2019)[1] | 619 |
Kfar Kisch (Hebrew: כְּפַר קִישׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Mount Tabor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 619.[1]
History[]
It was established in 1946 by Jewish soldiers demobilised from the British Army after World War II having served under Frederick Kisch, after whom the village was named.[2] However political fractures led many of the founders to leave within the first year. A water shortage which forced the residents to transport water from the Tabor stream without proper equipment added to the problems, and until 1953 a steady stream of founding residents left the village. In that year conditions improved and Kfar Kisch began to absorb Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union.[citation needed] Part of the village's land formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.[3]
Kfar Kisch founding ceremony 18 July 1946
Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch first barracks
Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Frederick Kisch Izkor (in Hebrew)
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 529. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Lower Galilee Regional Council
- British-Jewish culture in Israel
- Hungarian-Jewish culture in Israel
- Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
- Russian-Jewish culture in Israel
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1946
- 1946 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
- Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
- Israel geography stubs