Kfar Yehezkel
| Kfar Yehezkel כְּפַר יְחֶזְקֵאל | |
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  Kfar Yehezkel | |
| Coordinates: 32°34′1.91″N 35°21′32.4″E / 32.5671972°N 35.359000°ECoordinates: 32°34′1.91″N 35°21′32.4″E / 32.5671972°N 35.359000°E | |
| District | North |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Region | Jezreel Valley |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 16 December 1921 |
| Founded by | Second Aliyah pioneers |
| Population (2008) | 791[1] |
| Name meaning | Yehezkel Village |
| Website | www.kfar-y.co.il |
Kfar Yehezkel (Hebrew: כְּפַר יְחֶזְקֵאל, lit. Yehezkel Village) is a moshav ovdim in northern Israel. It is located in the Jezreel Valley, six kilometres southeast of Afula.[2] It is under the jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council. In 2007, the moshav had a population of 755.
History
Kfar Yehezkel was founded on 16 December 1921 by pioneers of the Second Aliyah.[2] Settlers from Tel Hai and Hamara, which was evacuated because of Arab attacks from Lebanon, were also among the founding members. It was the second moshav ovdim in Palestine, after Nahalal.
Originally called Ayn Tib'un after the nearby spring, it was renamed Kfar Yehezkel in memory of Yehezkel Sassoon,who drowned in Bagdad shortly before. Since he had no heirs his share of the family's business was donated by his brothers Moshe, Josef and Ezra Sassoon, to found Kfar Yehezkel. (Yehezkel Sassoon is not related at all to Sasson Efendi, the statesman.) Ezra and his family attended the founding in 1921. His niece Fahima Dellal (née Sassoon) attended the founding as a child and often revisisted throughout her married life and she is still alive (2010)aged 101. This was a vivid memory of hers and the recounting of it influenced her descendants some of whom live in Israel today.
Notable residents include physicist Igal Talmi and Uzi Feinerman, a member of the Knesset who was born in the village.
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View on Kfar Yehezkel from a basket of a hot air balloon.
References
- ↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Broidas of Kfar Yehezkel Haaretz
Bibliography
- HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 505. ISBN 965-448-413-7. (Hebrew)
- Yuval Elezri (ed) - Lexicon Mapa - Eretz Israel - Map's Concise Gazetteer of Israel Today 2003 Tel Aviv MAP Mapping and Publishing (Hebrew)
External links
- Village website (Hebrew)
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