Kfar Warburg
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Kfar Warburg is a large moshav
in central Israel
. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunam
s, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 873.
The moshav was founded on 31 October 1939 by members of the "Menachem" organisation. It was named after Felix M. Warburg
, one of the leaders of the Jewish community in the United States
and a founder of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
.
Notable residents include Yigal Hurvitz
, a former Minister of Finance who is buried in the moshav.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in central Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council , is a regional council in the southern Coastal Plain region in Israel.It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in the east; Hof Ashkelon regional council, the Mediterranean Sea, the city of Ashdod and Gan Yavne local council in the west; Gederot, Hevel Yavne...
. In 2006 it had a population of 873.
The moshav was founded on 31 October 1939 by members of the "Menachem" organisation. It was named after Felix M. Warburg
Felix M. Warburg
Felix Moritz Warburg was a member of the Warburg banking family of Hamburg, Germany.- Biography :He was a grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg, one of the founders of the bank, M. M. Warburg . Felix Warburg was a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. He is known as a leading advocate of a Federal Reserve...
, one of the leaders of the Jewish community in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and a founder of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is a worldwide Jewish relief organization headquartered in New York. It was established in 1914 and is active in more than 70 countries....
.
Notable residents include Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda in 1918. Between 1938 and 1941 he was a member of the secretariat of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, and served in the Jewish Brigade during World War II...
, a former Minister of Finance who is buried in the moshav.