Kfar HaHoresh () is a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
in northern
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. Located near
Nazareth
Nazareth is the largest Cities in Israel, city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. In its population was . Known as "the Arab capital of Israel", Nazareth serves as a cultural, political, religious, economic and ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Jezreel Valley Regional Council.
In it had a population of .
History
The kibbutz was established in 1933 by members of the
Gordonia youth movement who had previously been living in
Ness Ziona
Ness Ziona (, ''Nes Tziyona'') is a city in Central District (Israel), Central District, Israel. In it had a population of , and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams ().
Identification
Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of the Arab ...
. The land had been bought by the
Jewish National Fund in 1930. Today the kibbutz has been privatized. The Arabic-language radio station ''Radio A-Shams'' broadcasts from the kibbutz.
The Kfar HaHoresh forest includes the remains of
Ma'alul village, a
depopulated Palestinian location.
A
nearby archaeological site dating to the
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC. It was Type site, typed by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon ...
period has been under excavation since the early 1990s.
Sport
The kibbutz fielded a football team, which competed in
Liga Meuhedet in
1949–50; the team finished eighth in the league's North Division.
Notable people
*
Ephraim Kishon
References
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Kibbutzim
Kibbutz Movement
Populated places established in 1933
1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)