Kfar Ruth

Kfar Ruth
כְּפַר רוּת‬
Kfar Ruth
Coordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°E / 31.9099000; 35.0354972Coordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°E / 31.9099000; 35.0354972
District Central
Council Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1977
Population (2017)[1] 226

Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת‬, 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 2017 it had a population of 226.[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, which was depopulated in the war,[3] while according to ARIJ, Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967 confiscated 814 dunam 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

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Yoav Regev (2001) New Israel Guide, Volume 10: The Shfela, Keter, Yedioth Ahronoth and the Ministry of Defense
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  5. ↑ Ruth Vineyard
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