Kfar Ruth

Kfar Ruth
  • כְּפַר רוּת (Hebrew)
Kfar Ruth is located in Central Israel
Kfar Ruth
Kfar Ruth
Location within Central Israel
Coordinates: 31°54′36″N 35°2′8″E / 31.91000°N 35.03556°E / 31.91000; 35.03556
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRamla
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1977
Population
 (2024)
402

Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת, lit. 'Ruth's Village') is an Israeli moshav located east of Modi'in. It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between Israel and Jordanian-controlled West Bank at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, before coming under the control of Israel during the Six-Day War. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and had a population of 402 in 2024.

History

The settlement was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Capheruta that appears on the Madaba Map. Capheruta is identified with the adjacent Khirbet Kafr Lut. Prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Palestinian village of al-Burj, which was depopulated in the war, was located nearby. According to ARIJ, after the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel confiscated 814 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.

Economy

According to archeologists, grapes were grown in the region by the inhabitants of Modi'in. Tal Maor, a resident of Kfar Ruth, has revived the age-old tradition of winemaking through the establishment of a family winery, Ruth Vineyard.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Ben Yosef, Sfi, ed. (2001). מדריך ישראל החדש – השפלה [New Israel Guide – the Shfela] (in Hebrew). Vol. 10. Keter. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  3. ↑ Claudine Dauphin (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations, Vol. III : Catalogue. BAR International Series 726. Oxford: Archeopress. p. 837.
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 371. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  5. ↑ Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  6. ↑ "Ruth Vineyard". Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2009-07-15.