Kfar Sirkin or Kefar Syrkin (, lit. ''Village Sirkin'') 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
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. Located south-east of
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva (, ), also spelt Petah Tiqwa and known informally as Em HaMoshavot (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Y ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Kfar Sirkin was founded in 1936 and was named for the
Zionist
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leader
Nachman Syrkin
Nachman Syrkin (also spelled ''Nahman Syrkin'' or ''Nahum Syrkin''; ; 11 February 1868 – 6 September 1924) was a political theorist, founder of Labor Zionism and a prolific writer in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German and English languages.
...
.
[Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). ''The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites'' (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 187] It served as a
Jew
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ish stronghold during the
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
A popular uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration, later known as the Great Revolt, the Great Palestinian Revolt, or the Palestinian Revolution, lasted from 1936 until 1939. The movement sought i ...
, with the
Haganah
Haganah ( , ) was the main Zionist political violence, Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate for Palestine. It was founded in 1920 to defend the Yishuv's presence in the reg ...
using the village to fight off attacking
Arab
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
forces and to store weapons which were illegal under the
British Mandate rule of the time.
In the early 1940s the British set up a military camp (''Camp Sirkin'') and an airfield (''RAF Sirkin'') northwest of the village, which were then used by the
IDF after their withdrawal in 1948. The
IAF Flight Academy was first operated at ''Sirkin IAF Base'' until 1955, when it moved to
Tel Nof Airbase.
Today, the village is agricultural and all IAF facilities were abandoned and demolished, but the former airbase is still visible from the air (2024).
Gallery
KfarSirkinOffice.jpg, The local office in Kfar Sirkin
KfarSirkinSynagogue.jpg, Local synagogue
הסליק בכפר סירקין.jpg, First public building in Kfar Sirkin
KfarSirkinMemorial.jpg, Memorial to residents who fell in the line of duty
KfarSirkinTower.jpg, Water tower
Sirkin Base1948(1).jpg, Haganah members guard Camp Sirkin and Airbase in June 1948
References
External links
Moshav website
Moshavim
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1933
1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
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