Kfar Ruth
Kfar Ruth
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| Coordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 275 |
Kfar Ruth (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Ruth's Village) is an Israeli moshav located near Modi'in in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 275.[1]
History
The moshav was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Kfar Ruta that appears on the Madaba Map in the area of the new settlement.[2] Prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War some of the land had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-Burj, depopulated in the war.[3] According to ARIJ, after the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel confiscated 814 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.[4]
Economy
According to archeologists, grapes were grown in the region by the inhabitants of Modi'in. Tal Maor, a resident of Kfar Ruth, has revived the age-old tradition of winemaking through the establishment of a family winery, Ruth Vineyard.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Ben Yosef, Sfi, ed. (2001). מדריך ישראל החדש – השפלה [New Israel Guide – the Shfela] (in Hebrew). Vol. 10. Keter.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 371. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
- ^ "Ruth Vineyard". Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2009-07-15.