Kfar Gidon ( he, כְּפַר גִּדְעוֹן, , Gideon Village) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in northern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located near

Afula Afula ( he, עפולה Arabic: العفولة) is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. As of , the city had a population of . Afula's ancient ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Jezreel Valley Regional Council Jezreel Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el'') is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1923 by

immigrants Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

from

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

who were members of

Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi ( he, הַפּוֹעֵל הַמִּזְרָחִי, lit. '' Mizrachi Workers'') was a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was one of the predecessors of the National Religious Party and the Jewish Home. History ...

, and was named after the Biblical figure of

Gideon Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiez ...

(Judges 7:1). At first the settlement was supposed to be called Moshav Transylvania and it was planned by architect

Richard Kauffmann Richard Kauffmann (1887–1958) was a German-Jewish architect who migrated to Palestine in 1920. His architecture was influenced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a proponent of the International Style, and was applied to the local landscape, laying ...

.Richard Kauffmann, ''Planning of Jewish Settlements in Palestine'', Moshaw Transylvania. Reprint from "The Town Planning Review", University Press of Liverpool, vol. XII, No. 2, Nov. 1926

/ref> In 1956 it split in two co-operative societies; Kfar Gidon ( Haredi Judaism, Haredi) and Talmei Gidon (traditional/secular). However, as a result of reforms in the regional council, the village returned to having one administration. File:צריף גדול בכפר גדעון בעמק יזרעאל-JNF043555.jpeg, Kfar Gideon 1926 File:כפר גדעון - מראה כללי.-JNF043787.jpeg, Kfar Gidom 1926 File:FARMERS' HOUSES AT MOSHAV KFAR GIDEON IN THE JEZREEL VALLEY. מושב כפר גדעון בעמק יזרעאל.D840-103.jpg, Kfar Gideon, 1946

Notable residents

* Israel Amidan (1921–1968), musician and composer

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1923 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel 1923 establishments in Mandatory Palestine