Kfar Sirkin or Kefar Syrkin ( he, כְּפַר סִירְקִין) 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 central
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 south-east of
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Kfar Sirkin was founded in 1933 and was named for the
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
leader
Nachman Syrkin
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Mogilev, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
, death_date =
, death_place = New York City, U.S.
, spouse = Bassya Syrkin (née Osnos)
, partner =
, party =
, ...
. It served as a Jewish stronghold during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, with the Haganah using the village to fight off attacking Arab forces and to store weapons which were illegal under the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate rule of the time.
Today, the village is agricultural. An Israel Defense Forces military base, and former RAF airfield, is located to the north-west of the village.
Gallery
File:KfarSirkinSynagogue.jpg, Local synagogue
File:KfarSirkinMemorial.jpg, Memorial to residents who fell in the line of duty
File:KfarSirkinTower.jpg, Water tower
File:Sirkin Base1948(1).jpg, Kfar Sirkin base 16 June 1948
References
External links
Moshav website
Moshavim
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1933
1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
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