Kfar Shmuel () 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 central
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 in the
Shephelah
The Shephelah () or Shfela (), or the Judaean Foothills (), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over between the Judaean Mountains and the Coastal Plain. The different use of the term "Jud ...
around six kilometres south of
Ramle
Ramla (), also known as Ramle (, ), is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.
The city was founded in the early 8th century CE by the Umayyad caliph Su ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Gezer Regional Council
Gezer Regional Council () is a regional council in the Shephelah region of the Central District of Israel. The council's headquarters are located in the community settlement of Beit Hashmonai. Established in 1949, the regional council had a po ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by
immigrants
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short- ...
from
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
on the land of the depopulated
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
Innaba
'Innaba (), also spelled 'Annaba, was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948 by the Yiftach and Eighth Brigades of Operation Dani. It was loc ...
,
which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after
Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.
See also
*
HaNoar HaTzioni
Hanoar Hatzioni (, lit. ''The Zionist Youth''), fully "Histadrut Halutzit Olamit Hanoar Hatzioni", or "HH" for short, is a youth movement established in 1926,
References
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950
1950 establishments in Israel
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel