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Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת, lit. 'Ruth's Village') is an Israeli settlement organised as a moshav. It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between Israel and Jordanian-controlled West Bank at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, before becoming part of the Israeli-occupied territories in the 1967 Six-Day War.[2] It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and had a population of 275 in 2022.[1]
Kfar Ruth
כְּפַר רוּת | |
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  Kfar Ruth | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′36″N 35°2′8″E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 275 |
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The settlement was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Capheruta that appears on the Madaba Map.[3] Capheruta is identified with the adjacent Khirbet Kafr Lut.[4] Prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War some of the land had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-Burj, which was depopulated in the war.[5] According to ARIJ, after the Six-Day War, Israel confiscated 814 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.[6]
According to archeologists, grapes were grown in the region by the inhabitants of Modi'in. Tal Maor, a resident of Kfar Ruth, has revived the age-old tradition of winemaking through the establishment of a family winery, Ruth Vineyard.[7]
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