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Kfar Azar

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Country
  
Israel

Founded
  
December 1932

City
  
Ramat Gan

Local time
  
Sunday 10:49 PM

Kfar Azar

Weather
  
16°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 66% Humidity

Kfar Azar (Hebrew: כְּפַר אֲזָ"ר‎) is a moshav ovdim located in the Ono Valley in central Israel. Previously part of Ef'al Regional Council, in 2007 it was transferred to the municipality of Ramat Gan together with Ramat Ef'al. With an area of around 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), its population is around 500.

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Map of Kfar Azar, Ramat Gan, Israel

The moshav was established in December 1932 by two pioneer groups, Brenner and Ma'ash. Land was purchased adjacent to the Arab village al-Khayriyya, and was later supplemented by more land bought by the Jewish National Fund. The name "Azar" was given to the moshav as an acronym for Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz, a Jewish Russian writer.

The population at the end of 1951 was 375.

Notable people

  • Yoram Tsafrir, archaeologist
  • References

    Kfar Azar Wikipedia