Kfar Vitkin ( he, כְּפַר וִיתְקִין, ''lit.'' Vitkin 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 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 near

Netanya Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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and was the first

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

ish settlement in the valley. In it had a population of .

History

The

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

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 Yosef Vitkin (1876–1912) was a Zionist pioneer who is best known for his appeal for the Jewish aliyah to Palestine. His appeal contributed significantly to the success of the second Aliyah, the immigration of Jews to the Land of ...

, 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 Irgun • Etzel , image = Irgun.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = Irgun emblem. The map shows both Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan, which the Irgun claimed in its entirety for a future Jewish state. The acronym "Etzel" i ...

gun-running boat,

Altalena The ''Altalena'' Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 by the newly created Israel Defense Forces against the Irgun (also known as IZL), one of the Jewish paramilitary groups that were in the process of merging to form ...

, 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. File:כפר ויתקין - מראה כללי.-JNF044714.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin 1935 File:כפר ויתקין - המזח-JNF007077.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin pier under construction 1935 File:כפר ויתקין - גמלים בכפר ויתקין.-JNF044074.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin building supplies 1935 File:כפר ויתקין - כפר ויתקין בעמק חפר-JNF037040.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin 1937 File:כפר ויתקין - מראה חלקי-JNF007082.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin 1938 File:Kfar Vitkin 1949.jpg, Kfar Vitkin 1939 1:20,000 File:Umm Khalid 1945.jpg, Kfar Vitkin 1945 1:250,000 File:כפר ויתקין - מראה-JNF027241.jpeg, Kfar Vitkin 1947

Notable residents

Niv Adiri Niv Adiri, born in Kfar Vitkin, Israel, is an Academy Award-winning sound engineer. Adiri and his fellow sound engineers won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound, and have won an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the 2013 film ''Gravity ...

, Oscar winning sound engineerIsraeli nabs BAFTA award for ‘Gravity’ sound
Times of Israel, 17 February 2004

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1933 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine