Kfar Warburg (Hebrew: כְּפַר וַרְבּוּרְג, lit. 'Warburg Village') is a large moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,114.[1]
Kfar Warburg
כפר ורבורג | |
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 Kfar Warburg | |
  Kfar Warburg | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′11″N 34°43′24″E / 31.71972°N 34.72333°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 31 October 1939 |
| Founded by | "Menachem" members |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,114 |
| Website | www.kfar-warburg.com |
History
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The moshav was founded on 31 October 1939 by members of the "Menachem" organisation. It was named after Felix M. Warburg, one of the leaders of the Jewish community in the United States and a founder of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).[2]
In the early 1950s, after the population of Kfar Warburg doubled, a culture hall with a 880-seat auditorium was built at the crossroads of the agricultural town's three main roads. Plays by the Habima and Cameri theaters were performed there almost every week.[3]
Notable residents
edit- Niv Eliasi, Israeli association footballer (goalkeeperr)
- Yigal Hurvitz, a former Minister of Finance, was buried in the moshav
- Aviva Rabinovich, professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and an environmental activist, spent her childhood in the moshav
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Once a Cultural Hub, Israeli Modernist Icon Is Left to Languish, Haaretz
External links
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- Official website (in Hebrew)