Kfar Shmuel | |
Foundation: | 4 January 1950 |
Founded By: | Romanian-Jewish immigrants |
District: | center |
Council: | Gezer |
Affiliation: | HaOved HaTzioni |
Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 31.8894°N 34.9317°W |
Kfar Shmuel (he|כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל||Shmuel Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Innaba,[1] which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.
. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 384.