Kfar Silver

Kfar Silver (Hebrew: כְּפַר סִילְבֶר, lit. 'Silver Village') is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, the village falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 279.^[1]

Kfar Silver כפר סילבר
Kfar Silver
Coordinates: 31°40′25″N 34°36′42″E
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Hof Ashkelon
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1957
Founded by	Zionist Organization of America
Population  (2023)[1]	279

History

The village was founded in 1957 on the initiative of the Zionist Organization of America, and was named after Abba Hillel Silver.^[2] In March 2008 it was hit by a BM-21 fired from the Gaza Strip.^[3] Kfar Silver operates as a boarding school.^[4][5] The founder and first principal of the school was author and educator Aryeh Kotzer.

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  classroom building
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  Water tower
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  A memorial site for graduating students who died in the war
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  synagogue
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  synagogue

See also

• Education in Israel