- Kfar Menahem
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Kfar Menahem
foundation = 1935 (original)
1937 (re-establishment)
founded_by = Irgun Menachem members
region = South-centralIsrael
council =Yoav Regional Council
industry = Agriculture
affiliation =Kibbutz Movement
website = [http://www.kfar-menachem.org.il/ www.kfar-menachem.org.il]Kfar Menahem ( _he. כפר מנחם, lit. "Menahem Village") is a
kibbutz in Israel located about 7 km east ofKiryat Malakhi in south-centralIsrael . It falls under the jurisdiction ofYoav Regional Council .Kibbutz Kfar Menahem has gained some recognition as the as the farming community the American comedian
Sandra Bernhard worked as a volunteer in the early 1970s.History
The community was founded as a
moshav named "Irgun Menachem" in 1935 by a group of activists named "Irgun Menachem" afterMenachem Osishkin founded inRehovot . During the Arab revolt in 1936, the place was abandoned byJew s and destroyed byArabs .On 28 July 1937 the moshav was re-established as part of the
tower and Stockade program but did not take hold. In 1939 the institutions for creating new settlements switched the members of "Irgun Menahem" with the nucleus "Kibbutz Krit", pioneers from theUnited States and members ofHashomer Hatzair , who were training in the moshava ofKfar Hadar , nearRamatayim . (The people of "Irgun Menachem" who left founded the moshavKfar Warburg on 31 October 1939.)On 6 December 1939 a holiday to celebrate the kibbutz, now called "Kfar Menahem", was held by the founders from Israel and the members of "Kvutzat Krit". After a year, they left the walls (of the
tower and stockade ) and founded a permanent settlement on a nearby hill, south of the wall. In the wall remained the first of three water wells of the kibbutz, and the bakery of the kibbutz.After the
1948 Arab-Israeli War the kibbutz expanded on about 9,000 dunams on land of the Arab villageIdnicah , whose inhabitants fled during the war.Today the kibbutz hosts
Yoav Regional Council 's high school named "Tzafit", as well as a regional museum. There is a reconstruction of the original tower and stockade.External links
* [http://www.kfar-menachem.org.il/ Official website] he icon
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