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Kfar Vitkin

Moshav in central Israel

Field	Value
name	Kfar Vitkin
hebname	כפר ויתקין
image	KfarVitkin005.jpg
foundation	1930
country
district	center
council	Hefer Valley
affiliation	Moshavim Movement
popyear
population
population_footnotes
pushpin_map	Israel center ta#Israel	pushpin_mapsize=250
coordinates

Kfar Vitkin () is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council and was the first Jewish settlement in the valley. In it had a population of .

History

The community was established in 1930 by a group of twenty people, and was initially based in an old stone house. The moshav was moved to its final destination in 1933 when the founders moved into new buildings, and was named after Yosef Vitkin, an educator and leader of the Labour movement. The original house became known as "Beit HaRishonim" (House of the First). In 1948, the moshav had a population of 700 Jews. The moshav has 150 farmsteads.

On 20 April 1948 the Irgun gun-running boat, Altalena, began unloading its cargo at Kfar Vitkin. 940 passengers, 2,000 rifles, 2,000,000 rounds, 3,000 shells & 200 Bren guns were brought ashore before the newly formed Israeli army intervened. In the following confrontation two soldiers and six Irgun fighters were killed.

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Notable people

Niv Adiri, Oscar winning sound engineer

References

(1948). "A Gazetteer of the Place Names which appear in the small-scale Maps of Palestine and Trans-Jordan". Government of Palestine.
[[Moshe Dayan. Dayan, Moshe]] (1976) ''Moshe Dayan. Story of my Life''. William Morrow. {{ISBN. 0-688-03076-9 pp 95/96
[http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-nabs-bafta-award-for-gravity-sound/ Israeli nabs BAFTA award for ‘Gravity’ sound] Times of Israel, 17 February 2004

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