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Kfar HaMaccabi

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District
  
Northern

Founded
  
1936

Local time
  
Sunday 10:52 PM

Affiliation
  
Kibbutz Movement

Population (2015)
  
371

Kfar HaMaccabi

Council
  
Zevulun Regional Council

Founded by
  
Maccabi youth movement members

Weather
  
13°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 77% Humidity

Kfar HaMaccabi (Hebrew: כְּפַר הַמַּכַּבִּי‎, lit. Village of the Maccabis) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 371.

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Map of Kfar HaMaccabi, Israel

History

The village was founded in 1936 by members of Maccabi youth movement from Czechoslovakia and Germany who immigrated with the help of Menachem Ussishkin for the first Maccabiah Games in 1932. The kibbutz was named for the youth movement.

Economy

The kibbutz is now one of Israel's largest animal feed manufacturers.

Notable residents

  • Theodore Bikel
  • Nachum Heiman
  • References

    Kfar HaMaccabi Wikipedia