Kfar Zoharim Explained

Kfar Zoharim
Hebname:כפר זוהרים
Founded:1993
Founded By:Jerusalem residents
District:jerusalem
Council:Mateh Yehuda
Pushpin Map:Israel jerusalem
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Coordinates:31.6225°N 34.9256°W
Website:www.ry-zoharim.org

Kfar Zoharim (Hebrew: כְּפַר זָהֳרִים||Village of Lights), officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim, is an Israeli educational therapy youth village for teenagers aged 14–18 from the ultra-orthodox community who do not fit into regular educational frameworks. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1993 by former members of the Black Panthers. It was named after the singer Zohar Argov, a drug addict.[1] The village was managed by Ramot Yehuda, an organization that received funding from the National Authority for the War on Drugs. The treatment program lasted a year and a half. There was also an emergency center for drug addicts.

In 2012 it was taken over by Israel Prize laureate Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman and adapted to the needs of the ultra-Orthodox community.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 24 October 2019.