Kfar Gidon () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in northern

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. Located near

Afula Afula () is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. As of , the city had a population of . Afula's ancient tell (settlement mound) suggests habit ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Jezreel Valley Regional Council Jezreel Valley Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el'') is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, 15 moshavim, 6 community settlements and two B ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1923 by

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from

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who were members of

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, and was named after the Biblical figure of

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(Judges 7:1). At first the settlement was supposed to be called Moshav Transylvania and it was planned by architect

Richard Kauffmann Richard Kauffmann (1887–1958) was a German-Jewish architect who migrated to Israel (region), Palestine in 1920. His architecture was influenced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a proponent of the International Style, and was applied to the local l ...

.Richard Kauffmann, ''Planning of Jewish Settlements in Palestine'', Moshaw Transylvania. Reprint from "The Town Planning Review", University Press of Liverpool, vol. XII, No. 2, Nov. 1926

/ref> In 1956 it split in two co-operative societies; Kfar Gidon ( Haredi Judaism, Haredi) and Talmei Gidon (traditional/secular). However, as a result of reforms in the regional council, the village returned to having one administration. File:צריף גדול בכפר גדעון בעמק יזרעאל-JNF043555.jpeg, Kfar Gideon 1926 File:כפר גדעון - מראה כללי.-JNF043787.jpeg, Kfar Gidom 1926 File:FARMERS' HOUSES AT MOSHAV KFAR GIDEON IN THE JEZREEL VALLEY. מושב כפר גדעון בעמק יזרעאל.D840-103.jpg, Kfar Gideon, 1946

Notable residents

* Israel Amidan (1921–1968), musician and composer

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1923 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel 1923 establishments in Mandatory Palestine