Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch (Hebrew: כְּפַר קִישׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Mount Tabor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 685.[1]
Kfar Kisch
כְּפַר קִישׁ | |
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  Kfar Kisch | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Lower Galilee |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2021)[1] | 685 |
History
It was established in 1946 by Jewish soldiers demobilised from the British Army after World War II having served under Frederick Kisch, after whom the village was named.[2] However political fractures led many of the founders to leave within the first year. A water shortage which forced the residents to transport water from the Tabor stream without proper equipment added to the problems, and until 1953 a steady stream of founding residents left the village. In that year conditions improved and Kfar Kisch began to absorb Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Part of the village's land formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.[3]
Kfar Kisch founding ceremony 18 July 1946
Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch first barracks
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Kfar Kisch
References
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- Frederick Kisch Izkor (in Hebrew)
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 529. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.