Kfar HaHoresh
Kfar HaHoresh (Hebrew: כְּפַר הַחֹרֶשׁ, כפר החורש, lit. village of the thicket) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 699.[1]
Kfar HaHoresh | |
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  Kfar HaHoresh | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′7.56″N 35°16′27.47″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Jezreel Valley |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Founded by | Gordonia members |
| Population (2019)[1] | 699 |
| Website | http://www.k-h.org.il/ |
History
The kibbutz was established in 1933 by members of the Gordonia youth movement who had previously been living in Ness Ziona. The land had been bought by the Jewish National Fund in 1930. Today the kibbutz has been privatized. The Arabic-language radio station Radio A-Shams broadcasts from the kibbutz.
Kfar HaHoresh celebrating tree planting 1936
Kfar HaHotesh 1936
Kfar HaHoresh 1939
Archaeology
An important Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in the vicinity of the kibbutz is under excavation since early 1990s by an expedition of Hebrew University of Jerusalem directed by Professor Nigel Goring-Morris. According to the excavator, the site represents a regional funerary center.[2] The site is associated with the Neolithic transition.[3]
Sport
The kibbutz fielded a football team, which competed in Liga Meuhedet in 1949–50; the team finished eighth in the league's North Division.
Notable residents
See also
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- "The 2007–8 excavation seasons at Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Kfar HaHoresh, Israel". Antiquity. Durham University. 82 (318). December 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016.
- Boyd, Brian; Crossland, Zoë (December 2000). "New fieldwork at Shuqba Cave and in Wadi en-Natuf, Western Judea". Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. 74 (286): 755–756. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00060294.