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Kfar Glickson

Kfar Glikson
כְּפַר גְּלִיקְסוֹן
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Kfar Glikson is located in Israel
Kfar Glikson
Kfar Glikson
Coordinates: 32°30′18.72″N 35°0′19.44″E / 32.5052000°N 35.0054000°E / 32.5052000; 35.0054000Coordinates: 32°30′18.72″N 35°0′19.44″E / 32.5052000°N 35.0054000°E / 32.5052000; 35.0054000
District Haifa
Council Menashe
Affiliation HaOved HaTzioni
Founded 23 May 1939
Founded by Romanian Jews
Population (2015) 273
Name meaning (Moshe) Glickson Village

Kfar Glikson (Hebrew: כְּפַר גְּלִיקְסוֹן‎, lit. Glickson Village) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Binyamina and Pardes Hana-Karkur, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 273.

The village was established on 23 May 1939 by Jewish immigrants from Romania as a settlement. It was named after Moshe Glickson, editor of Haaretz newspaper between 1922 and 1937.

The economy of Kfar Glickson is based on agriculture (field crops, dairy farm), a handicrafts industry and rural tourism. Omega, located in Kfar Glikson, manufactures paints and modelling dough for children.


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