Kfar Mordechai
Kfar Mordechai (Hebrew: כְּפַר מָרְדְּכַי) is a moshav in central Israel. Located about 30 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, between Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 644.[1]
Kfar Mordechai כְּפַר מָרְדְּכַי | |
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  Kfar Mordechai  Kfar Mordechai | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′52.26″N 34°45′24.96″E | |
| Country |  |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gederot |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 26 June 1939 |
| Population (2019)[1] | 644 |
History
The village was established in 1950 by British and South African Jews and by some ex-kibbutz members, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[2] It was named after Mordechai Eliash (1892-1950), who was born in the Ukraine, educated at universities in Berlin and Oxford, immigrated to Palestine in 1919, was a lawyer and the first Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom.[3][4]
When the first residents arrived, they discovered that the houses had not yet been built and they were housed in semi-detached huts (tzrifim) consisting of one large room, one kitchen and one toilet located about a kilometer from their allocated farms. After waiting for a year for Rassco to build their new homes, an agreement was reached with Rassco to supply the materials for residents to build their own homes.
Notable residents
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database), Mordecai Eliash
- Jewish Virtual Library: Kfar Mordechai