Kfar Silver

Kfar Silver

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Kfar Silver
foundation = 1957
founded_by = Zionist Organization of America
region = Southern coastal plain
council = Hof Ashkelon
industry =
affiliation = Moshavim Movement
website =

Kfar Silver ( _he. כפר סילבר, lit. "Silver Village") is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 316.

The village was founded in 1957 on the initiative of the Zionist Organization of America, and was named after Abba Hillel Silver. It was planned by Meir Horman.

It contains a boarding school that teaches 200 pupils each year. In March 2008 it was hit by a BM-21 fired from the Gaza Strip.


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