Kfar HaHoresh
| Kfar HaHoresh | |
|---|---|
  Kfar HaHoresh | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′7.56″N 35°16′27.47″E / 32.7021000°N 35.2742972°ECoordinates: 32°42′7.56″N 35°16′27.47″E / 32.7021000°N 35.2742972°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Jezreel Valley |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Founded by | Gordonia members |
| Population (2015)[1] | 613 |
| Website | http://www.k-h.org.il/ |
Kfar HaHoresh (Hebrew: כְּפַר הַחֹרֶשׁ, כפר החורש, lit. village of the thicket) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 613.
History
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. Today the kibbutz has been privatized. The Arabic-language radio station Radio A-Shams broadcasts from the kibbutz.
Archaeology
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.[2] The site is associated with the Neolithic transition.[3]
Sport
The kibbutz fielded a football team, which competed in Liga Meuhedet in 1949–50; the team finished eighth in the league's North Division.
Notable residents
See also
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ The 2007–8 excavation seasons at Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Kfar HaHoresh, Israel
- ↑ New fieldwork at Shuqba Cave and in Wadi en-Natuf, Western Judea