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Kfar Ahim (lit. Village of Brothers) is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community






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Kfar Ahim (lit. Village of Brothers) is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
 in south-central Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council

The Be'er Tuvia Regional Council , is a regional council in the southern Israeli Coastal Plain region in Israel.It borders Yoav Regional Council and Nahal Sorek Regional Council regional councils in the east; Hof Ashkelon Regional Council regional council, the Mediterranean Sea, the city of Ashdod and Gan Yavne local council in the west; G...
. In 2006 it had a population of 453.

The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 from Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and was named for two brothers, Zvi and Efraim Gover from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg
Kfar Warburg

Kfar Warburg is a large moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi with 98 farms covering an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council....
, who were killed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict....
.

Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include Benjamin Gantz
Benjamin Gantz

Aluf Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and currently Israel's military attach? in the United States.Born in Israel, Gantz was drafted into the IDF in 1977....
, Israel's military attaché
Military attaché

A military attach? is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission . This post is normally filled by a high-ranking Officer .In general, a military attach? serves on the diplomatic staff of an embassy or consulate....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 member and former Minister of Agriculture
Agriculture Minister of Israel

The Agriculture Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
, Yisrael Katz
Yisrael Katz (politician born 1955)

Yisrael Katz is an Israeli politician. Formerly a Agriculture Minister of Israel, today he is a member of the Knesset for Likud....
.