Kfar Rut
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Kfar Ruth כְּפַר רוּת |
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 Kfar Ruth
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| Coordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°ECoordinates: 31°54′35.64″N 35°2′7.79″E / 31.9099000°N 35.0354972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Population (2016) | 217 |
Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת, lit. Ruth's Village) is an Israeli moshav located near Modi'in in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2016 it had a population of 217.
The moshav was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Kfar Ruta that appears on the Madaba Map in the area of the new settlement. Prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War some of the land had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-Burj, which was depopulated in the war, while according to ARIJ, Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967 confiscated 814 dunam of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.
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.
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