Kfar Kisch

Kfar Kisch
  • כְּפַר קִישׁ (Hebrew)
Kfar Kisch is located in Northeast Israel
Kfar Kisch
Kfar Kisch
Location within Northeast Israel
Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E / 32.66722°N 35.44861°E / 32.66722; 35.44861
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
SubdistrictKinneret
CouncilLower Galilee
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1946
Founded byDemobilised soldiers
Population
 (2024)[1]
779

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 2024 it had a population of 779.[1]

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. The village is located near the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  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.


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