Kfar Shmaryahu (, ) is a local council in

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, within the

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History

Kfar Shmaryahu was founded in May 1937, during the Fifth Aliyah. The founding members were German-Jewish immigrants, who named the village after Shmaryahu Levin (1867–1935), a Russian-born Jewish Zionist leader. The village was founded as an agricultural community, with forty farms, thirty auxiliary farms, and twenty lots for housing projects. A well was drilled, and a synagogue that became the center of community life was also built. In late 1938, 60 families were living there, and the predominant language was

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. Throughout the following years the town absorbed new immigrants. In 1950 it was declared a local council and was granted additional land. File:AERIAL VIEW OF KFAR SHMARYAHU. צילום אוויר של כפר שמריהו.D28-080.jpg, Kfar Shmaryhu 1938 File:A LINE OF HOUSES AT KFAR SHMARYAHU. בתים בכפר שמריהו.D393-137.jpg, Kfar Shmaryahu in December 1937 File:כפר שמריהו - בריכה ומגדל מים.-JNF045614.jpeg, Kfar Shmaryahu water tower 1940 File:El -Haram cropped.jpg, Kfar Shmaryahu 1942 1:20,000 File:Herzliya 1945.jpg, Kfar Shmaryhu 1945 1:250,000

Status

Kfar Shmaryahu is an affluent suburb of Tel Aviv. It is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale (10 out of 10). According to

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, Kfar Shmaryahu's municipality annually spends NIS 8,700 per resident, a figure higher than

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and over twice as high as

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. In it had a population of .

Notable residents

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1984 *

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References

External links

Official website of Kfar Shmaryahu
Local councils in Tel Aviv District German-Jewish culture in Israel {{Israel-geo-stub