Kfar HaMaccabi
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| Kfar HaMaccabi | ||
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| Founded | 1936 | |
| Founded by | HaMaccabi HaTzair members | |
| Council | Zevulun Regional Council | |
| Region | Zevulun | |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement | |
Kfar HaMaccabi (Hebrew: כְּפַר הַמַּכַּבִּי, lit. Village of the Maccabi) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 289.
The village was founded in 1936 by members of the HaMaccabi HaTzair youth movement from Czechoslovakia and Germany who had immigrated with the help of Menahem Ussishkin for the first Maccabiah Games in 1932, and was named after the youth group.
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Coordinates: 32°47′24.71″N 35°6′56.16″E / 32.7901972°N 35.1156°E
