{{Infobox Israel village | name = Kfar Gidon | image = Kfar gidon.jpg | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|כְּפַר גִּדְעוֹן}} | meaning = Gideon Village | pushpin_map = Israel jezreel | pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position= | coordinates = {{coord|32|38|36|N|35|17|28|E|display=inline,title}} | founded = 1923 | founded_by = Jewish Transylvanian immigrants | district = north | council = Jezreel Valley | affiliation = | population = {{Israel populations|Kefar Gid'on}} | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | website = }}
'''Kfar Gidon''' ({{langx|he|כְּפַר גִּדְעוֹן||Gideon Village}}) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kefar Gid'on}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History==
The moshav was founded in 1923 by immigrants from Transylvania who were members of Hapoel HaMizrachi, and was named after the Biblical figure of Gideon (Judges 7:1).<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/reviews/giftsofthejews.htm The Gift of the Jews] Washington Post, 3 May 1998</ref> At first the settlement was supposed to be called Moshav Transylvania and it was planned by architect Richard Kauffmann.<ref>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 [http://richardkauffmann.com/wordpress/publications/planning-the-jewish-settlements-in-palestine/]</ref>
In 1956 it split in two co-operative societies; Kfar Gidon (Haredi) and Talmei Gidon (traditional/secular). However, as a result of reforms in the regional council, the village returned to having one administration.
<gallery> 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 </gallery>
==Notable residents== *Israel Amidan (1921–1968), musician and composer
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1923 Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Category:Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:1923 establishments in Mandatory Palestine