Kfar Kisch

Kfar Kisch (Hebrew: כְּפַר קִישׁ‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Mount Tabor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 619.[1]

Kfar Kisch כְּפַר קִישׁ‎
Kfar Kisch
Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Lower Galilee
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1946
Founded by	Demobilised soldiers
Population  (2019)[1]	619

History

It was established in 1946 by Jewish soldiers demobilised from the British Army after World War II having served under Frederick Kisch, after whom the village was named.[2] However political fractures led many of the founders to leave within the first year. A water shortage which forced the residents to transport water from the Tabor stream without proper equipment added to the problems, and until 1953 a steady stream of founding residents left the village. In that year conditions improved and Kfar Kisch began to absorb Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Part of the village's land formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.[3]

References

1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. Frederick Kisch Izkor (in Hebrew)
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 529. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.