Kfar Warburg
| Kfar Warburg | |
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Kfar Warburg | |
  Kfar Warburg | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′10.55″N 34°43′23.51″E / 31.7195972°N 34.7231972°ECoordinates: 31°43′10.55″N 34°43′23.51″E / 31.7195972°N 34.7231972°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 31 October 1939 |
| Founded by | "Menachem" members |
| Population (2015)[1] | 1,130 |
| Website | www.kfar-warburg.org |
Kfar Warburg (Hebrew: כְּפַר וַרְבּוּרְג, lit. Warburg Village) is a large moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,130.
History
The moshav was founded on 31 October 1939 by members of the "Menachem" organisation. It was named after Felix M. Warburg, one of the leaders of the Jewish community in the United States and a founder of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.[2]
Notable residents include Yigal Hurvitz, a former Minister of Finance who is buried in the moshav.
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 285. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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- Official website (Hebrew)
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