Kfar Pines כְּפַר פִּינֶס |
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Coordinates: 32°29′2″N 35°0′10″E / 32.48389°N 35.00278°ECoordinates: 32°29′2″N 35°0′10″E / 32.48389°N 35.00278°E | |
District | Haifa |
Council | Menashe |
Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
Founded | 1933 |
Founded by | Eastern European immigrants |
Population (2015) | 994 |
Name meaning | Pines Village |
Kfar Pines (Hebrew: כְּפַר פִּינֶס, lit. Pines Village) is a religious moshav in northern Israel. Located to the north-east of Hadera, adjacent to Pardes Hanna-Karkur and Ein Iron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 994.
The village was established in 1933 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, and was named after the author Rabbi Yehiel Michal Pines. It hosts an ulpena, a religious girls high school, named "Ramat Karniel" (Karniel's height). It is the first ulpena in Israel and therefore it called "Em HaUlpenot" (mother of all ulpenas).