Kfar Silver

Kfar Silver (Hebrew: כְּפַר סִילְבֶר, lit.'Silver Village') is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, the village falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 402.[1]

Kfar Silver
כפר סילבר
Kfar Silver is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Kfar Silver
Kfar Silver
Coordinates: 31°40′25″N 34°36′42″E / 31.67361°N 34.61167°E / 31.67361; 34.61167
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilHof Ashkelon
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1957
Founded byZionist Organization of America
Population
 (2022)[1]
402

History

The village was founded in 1957 on the initiative of the Zionist Organization of America, and was named after Abba Hillel Silver.[2] In March 2008 it was hit by a BM-21 fired from the Gaza Strip.[3]Kfar Silver operates as a boarding school.[4][5] The founder and first principal of the school was author and educator Aryeh Kotzer.

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