Kfar Aviv

Kfar Aviv (Hebrew: כְּפַר אָבִיב‎, lit. Village of Spring) is a moshav in the South District of Israel, near Ashdod. It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 822.[1]

Kfar Aviv

כְּפַר אָבִיב‎
Kfar Aviv
Kfar Aviv
Coordinates: 31°49′53.03″N 34°43′17.39″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGederot
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1951
Founded byEgyptian Jewish immigrants and refugees
Population
 (2019)[1]
822

History

Kfar Aviv was founded in 1952 by the Jewish Agency on the lands of the Palestinian village of Yibna.[2] The settlement was intended to absorb Jewish immigrants and refugees from Egypt. Its original name was Kfar HaYeor (Hebrew: כפר היאור‎; lit. Village of the Nile). The name "Kfar Aviv" was given as a reference to the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, which occurred in spring as recorded in the Torah (Exodus 34:18). As time passed, the village absorbed families from Poland.[3]

The land area used for farming covers about 2,000 dunams. Most inhabitants of the village work elsewhere.[4]

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 423. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Kfar Aviv". Gderot.com (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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