# Kfar Ahim

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{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Kfar Ahim
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|כְּפַר אַחִים}}
| foundation = 1949
| image = Kfar Ahim.jpg
| founded_by = {{nowrap|[Polish](/source/Poland) and [Romania](/source/Romania)n [immigrants](/source/Aliyah)}}
| country={{ISR}}
| district = south
| council = [Be'er Tuvia](/source/Be'er_Tuvia_Regional_Council)
| affiliation = [Moshavim Movement](/source/Moshavim_Movement)
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Kefar Ahim}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|44|41|N|34|45|27|E|display=inline,title}}
| meaning = Village of Brothers
| website =
}}

'''Kfar Ahim''' ({{langx|he|כְּפַר אַחִים||Village of Brothers}}) is a [moshav](/source/moshav) in south-central [Israel](/source/Israel). Located near [Kiryat Malakhi](/source/Kiryat_Malakhi), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Be'er Tuvia Regional Council](/source/Be'er_Tuvia_Regional_Council). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kefar Ahim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==History==
The moshav was founded in 1949 by [Jewish immigrants](/source/aliyah) from [Poland](/source/Poland) and [Romania](/source/Romania) on land that had belonged to the depopulated [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_people) village of [Qastina](/source/Qastina).<ref>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=[Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.)|publisher=[Institute for Palestine Studies](/source/Institute_for_Palestine_Studies)|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=131 }}</ref> It was named for two brothers who were killed during the [1948 Arab–Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War), Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and [Rivka Guber](/source/Rivka_Guber) from the nearby moshav of [Kfar Warburg](/source/Kfar_Warburg).<ref name=mapa>{{Cite book
| publisher = Mapa Publishing
| isbn = 965-7184-34-7
| page = 282
|editor-first=Yuval |editor-last=El'azari
| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
| location = Tel-Aviv
| year = 2005
|language=he}}</ref>

Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include politicians [Benny Gantz](/source/Benny_Gantz) and [Israel Katz](/source/Israel_Katz).

==References==
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{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}}
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Category:Moshavim
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:1949 establishments in Israel
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Category:Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel

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