Kfar Shmuel

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 2019, it had a population of 956.[1]

Kfar Shmuel

כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל‎
Kfar Shmuel
Coordinates: 31°53′22.2″N 34°55′54.11″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGezer
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded4 January 1950
Founded byRomanian-Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
956

History

The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Innaba,[2] which had 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

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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.
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