Kfar Shmaryahu
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Kfar Shmaryahu (Template:Lang-he-n, Arabic: كفر شمرياهو) is a local council in Israel, within the Tel Aviv District.
History
Kfar Shmaryahu was founded in May 1937, during the Fifth Aliyah.[1] The founding members were German-Jewish immigrants, who named the village after Shmaryahu Levin (1867–1935), a Russian-born Jewish Zionist leader. The village was founded as an agricultural community, with forty farms, thirty auxiliary farms, and twenty lots for housing projects. A well was drilled, and a synagogue that became the center of community life was also built. In late 1938, 60 families were living there, and the predominant language was German. Throughout the following years the town absorbed new immigrants. In 1950 it was declared a local council and was granted additional land.[2]
Status
Kfar Shmaryahu is an affluent suburb of Tel Aviv. It is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale (10 out of 10).[3] According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Kfar Shmaryahu's municipality annually spends NIS 8,700 per resident, a figure higher than Tel Aviv and over twice as high as Jerusalem.[4]
In 2022 it had a population of 1,951.[5]
Notable residents
- Shai Agassi
- Shulamit Aloni (1928–2014), civil-rights politician and left-wing activist
- Aki Avni
- Ilanit
- Daphni Leef, activist and video editor
- Ari Shavit, author, journalist
- Miriam Siderenski, Olympic runner
- Stef Wertheimer
- Sapir Koffmann, Miss Israel 1984
References
- ^ "Village history". kfar-shemaryahu.muni.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ^ http://www.welcomehome.co.il/en/kfar-shmaryahu-3/
- ^ "The Richest Towns: Savyon, Kfar Shmaryahu, Omer - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz.com". www.haaretz.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Investing in You". Yedioth Ahronoth - Mamon. 2008-02-12. p. 1.
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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