Community Members Background
Although its population consists entirely of Jews, Kfar Tapuach is one of the more ethnically diverse Israeli settlements. Founded by a core of Habani Yemenite Jews from Bareket, it has since absorbed Russian and American Jews, a large group of Peruvian converts to Judaism from Trujillo, Peru, and others . Between February 2004 and August 2009, over 90 new families have moved to Kfar Tapuach.
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