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Kfar Shmuel

Coordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E / 31.88944°N 34.93167°E / 31.88944; 34.93167
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Kfar Shmuel
כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל
Kfar Shmuel is located in Central Israel
Kfar Shmuel
Kfar Shmuel
Coordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E / 31.88944°N 34.93167°E / 31.88944; 34.93167
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGezer
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded4 January 1950
Founded byRomanian-Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
971

Kfar Shmuel (Hebrew: כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל, lit.'Shmuel Village') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 971.[1]

History

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The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Innaba,[2] which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 384. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.