Kfar Shmuel

Kfar Shmuel כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל‎
Kfar Shmuel
Coordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Affiliation	HaOved HaTzioni
Founded	4 January 1950
Founded by	Romanian-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

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

• HaNoar HaTzioni

References

1. "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.