Kfar Ahim

Kfar Ahim
כְּפַר אַחִים‎
Etymology: Village of Brothers
Kfar Ahim is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim is located in Israel
Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
Coordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°E / 31.74472; 34.75750
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byPolish and Romanian immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
861

Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. 'Village of Brothers') is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 861.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[2] It was named for two brothers who were killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg.[3]

Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include politicians Benny Gantz and Israel Katz.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.