Kfar Ruth

Kfar Ruth כְּפַר רוּת
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Region	Central District
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1977

Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת, lit. Ruth's Village) is a moshav in Israel, located just west of the Green Line near Modi'in. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 230.

The moshav was established in 1977. It is named after the ancient village of Kfar Ruta that appears on the Madaba Map in the area of the new settlement.

Economy

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.^[1]

References

↑ Ruth Vineyard

Hevel Modi'in Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Be'erot Yitzhak

Moshavim	Ahisamakh Bareket Beit Arif Beit Nehemia Ben Shemen Bnei Atarot Ginaton Gimzo Giv'at Ko'ah Hadid Kerem Ben Shemen Kfar Daniel Kfar Ruth Kfar Truman Mazor Nehalim Rinatia Shilat Tirat Yehuda

Community settlements	Lapid Mevo Modi'im Nofekh

Youth village	Ben Shemen Youth Village

Coordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°E / 31.9099000; 35.0354972

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