Kfar HaHoresh | |
Founded | 1933 |
Founded by | Gordonia members |
Council | Jezreel Valley |
Region | Galilee |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Kfar HaHoresh (Hebrew: כְּפַר הַחֹרֶשׁ, כפר החורש, lit. Village of the Ploughman) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 423.
The kibbutz was established in 1933 by members of the Gordonia youth movement who had previously been living in Ness Ziona. The land had been bought by the Jewish National Fund in 1930.
An important Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in the vicinity of the kibbutz is under excavation since early 1990s' by an expedition of Hebrew University of Jerusalem directed by Professor Nigel Goring-Morris. According to the excavator, the site represents a regional funerary center[1].
Today the kibbutz has been privatized. The Arabic-language radio station Radio A-Shams broadcasts from the kibbutz.