Kfar Silver
| Kfar Silver | |
|---|---|
  Kfar Silver | |
| Coordinates: 31°40′32.41″N 34°36′44.32″E / 31.6756694°N 34.6123111°ECoordinates: 31°40′32.41″N 34°36′44.32″E / 31.6756694°N 34.6123111°E | |
| Council | Hof Ashkelon |
| Region | Southern coastal plain |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founded by | Zionist Organization of America |
Kfar Silver (Hebrew: כְּפַר סִילְבֶר, lit. Silver Village) is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 316.
The village was founded in 1957 on the initiative of the Zionist Organization of America, and was named after Abba Hillel Silver. It was planned by Meir Horman.
It contains a boarding school that teaches 200 pupils each year. In March 2008 it was hit by a BM-21 fired from the Gaza Strip.
The founder and first principal of the school was Author and Educator Aryeh Kotzer.
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