Kfar Shmuel

Kfar Shmuel
כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל‬
Kfar Shmuel
Coordinates: 31°53′22.2″N 34°55′54.11″E / 31.889500°N 34.9316972°E / 31.889500; 34.9316972Coordinates: 31°53′22.2″N 34°55′54.11″E / 31.889500°N 34.9316972°E / 31.889500; 34.9316972
District Central
Council Gezer
Affiliation HaOved HaTzioni
Founded 4 January 1950
Founded by Romanian immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 895

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 2017, it had a population of 895.[1]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  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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