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Kfar Glikson

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District
  
Haifa

Affiliation
  
HaOved HaTzioni

Founded by
  
Romanian Jews

Local time
  
Sunday 10:52 PM

Council
  
Menashe

Founded
  
23 May 1939

Population (2015)
  
273

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Weather
  
15°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 70% Humidity

Founder
  
History of the Jews in Romania

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Kfar Glikson (Hebrew: כְּפַר גְּלִיקְסוֹן‎, lit. Glickson Village) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Binyamina and Pardes Hana-Karkur, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 273.

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Map of Kfar Glikson, Israel

History

The village was established on 23 May 1939 by Jewish immigrants from Romania as a tower and stockade settlement. It was named after Moshe Glickson, editor of Haaretz newspaper between 1922 and 1937.

The economy of Kfar Glickson is based on agriculture (field crops, dairy farm), a handicrafts industry and rural tourism. Omega, located in Kfar Glikson, manufactures paints and modelling dough for children.

References

Kfar Glikson Wikipedia