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Kfar Zoharim

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District
  
Jerusalem

Founded by
  
Jerusalem residents

Website
  
www.ry-zoharim.org

Local time
  
Sunday 10:59 PM

Council
  
Mateh Yehuda

Population (2015)
  
142

Founded
  
1993

Kfar Zoharim

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 73% Humidity

Kfar Zoharim (Hebrew: כְּפַר זָהֳרִים‎, lit. Village of Lights), officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim (Hebrew: רמות יהודה-זוהרים‎‎, lit. Judea Heights-Lights), is a village and treatment centre for drug addiction in central Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 142.

Contents

Map of Kfar Zoharim, Israel

History

The village was established in 1993 by Jerusalem residents who were former members of the Black Panthers. It was named after the singer Zohar Argov, a drug addict. Today it treats around 80 addicts.

References

Kfar Zoharim Wikipedia