Kfar Pines Explained

Kfar Pines
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Meaning:Pines' Village
Foundation:1933
District:haifa
Council:Menashe
Affiliation:Hapoel HaMizrachi
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Coordinates:32.4839°N 35.0028°W

Kfar Pines (Hebrew: כְּפַר פִּינֶס||Pines Village) is a religious moshav in northern Israel. Located to the north-east of Hadera, adjacent to Pardes Hanna-Karkur and Ein Iron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1933 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, and was named after the author Rabbi Yehiel Michel Pines. It hosts an ulpena, a religious girls high school, named "Ramat Karniel" (Karniel's height). It is the first ulpena in Israel and therefore it is called "Em HaUlpenot" (mother of all ulpenas).