| Kfar Ruth | |
| Foundation: | 1977 |
| District: | center |
| Council: | Hevel Modi'in |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 31.91°N 35.0356°W |
Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת||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.[1] It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and had a population of in .
The settlement was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Capheruta that appears on the Madaba Map.[2] Capheruta is identified with the adjacent Khirbet Kafr Lut.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 371.