Kfar Tapuach
Kfar Tapuach
כפר תפוח | |
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| Etymology: Apple Village | |
  Kfar Tapuach | |
| Coordinates:32°7′5″N35°15′0″E/ 32.11806°N 35.25000°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Shomron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founded by | The Jewish Agency |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,639 |
Kfar Tapuach(Hebrew:כְּפַר תַּפּוּחַ,lit.,Apple-village) is anOrthodox JewishIsraeli settlementin theWest Bank,founded in 1978. It sits astride Tapuach Junction, one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. (where the2013 Tapuah Junction stabbingtook place) The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder, and the chief rabbi is Shimon Rosenzwieg. In 2022, it had a population of 1,639.[citation needed]
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bankillegal under international law,but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History
[edit]According toARIJ,Kfar Tapuach was established in 1978 on land which Israel had confiscated from thePalestiniantown ofYasuf.[3]
Demographics
[edit]Although its population consists entirely of Jews, Kfar Tapuach is one of the more diverse Israeli settlements, with its population coming from a range of backgrounds.[citation needed]Founded by a core ofHabbaniYemenite Jewsfrom the moshav ofBareket,it has since absorbed Jewish immigrants fromRussiaand theUnited States,a large group ofPeruvian convertsto Judaism fromTrujillo, Peru,and others. Between February 2004 and August 2009, over 90 new families moved to Kfar Tapuach.[4]
Public services
[edit]The settlement includes four synagogues, twomikvaot(ritual baths) for women and men, a nursery school, and three kindergartens.[5]
Biblical Tappuah
[edit]Kfar Tapuach is named after biblical Tapuach (Tappuahor Tapuah[6]), which appears in theBiblein theBook of Joshua(Joshua 12:17) as one of the first 31 cities conquered byJoshua Bin-Nunand the children ofIsrael.[7]
Kahanism
[edit]Kfar Tapuach is noted for its concentration of followers of the late RabbiMeir Kahane.[8][9]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^"Regional Statistics".Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.Retrieved21 March2024.
- ^"The Geneva Convention".BBC News. 10 December 2009.Retrieved27 November2010.
- ^Yasuf Village Profile,ARIJ, p. 16
- ^"Kfar Tapuach Population Doubles in Two Years – Good News – Israel News".Israel National News. 28 October 2008.Retrieved21 October2010.
- ^"The Kfar Tapuach Playground Project".Tapuach.org. Archived fromthe originalon 28 July 2011.Retrieved21 October2010.
- ^Douai-Rheims 1899 American Edition
- ^Bitan, Hanna: 1948–1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.34,ISBN965-220-423-4(Hebrew)
- ^"Israel's enemy within: A community on the edge".Public Radio International.Retrieved26 January2018.
- ^"Letters to the Editor: Tapuach Terrorism – WRMEA".Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Telling the truth for more than 35 years.Retrieved26 January2018.
External links
[edit]- Tapuach Playground Project
- NYTimes Israel and U.S. Can’t Close Split on Settlements
- Olive wars,2014, BBC
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