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Kfar Kama

Shina Shabso and her husband Itzik prepare cheese pastries for a wedding in the Circassian village of Rehaniya in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, on April 30, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 6, 2026, 4:46 am
For tiny Circassian community, food and language sustain ancient heritage amid conflict
Living in two northern villages, Israel’s estimated 5,000 Circassians – Sunni Muslims who serve in the IDF – hope to preserve their community while contending with Hezbollah attacks
By HAZEL WARD
Laris Achlaug (left) and Lama Awwad, PhD students, work in a lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. (Courtesy/Nitzan Zohar)
December 26, 2025, 7:27 pm
In surprising breakthrough, scientists in Israel find cancer may help heal the failing heart
Study by researchers at the Technion finds that injecting cancerous serum in mice decreased cardiac fibrosis — paving the way for innovative therapies
By Diana Bletter
Circassians commemorate the Circassian Mourning Day in Kfar Kama on May 21, 2024. (Courtesy/Adam Choshha)
May 21, 2025, 10:51 am
Mourning their genocide, Israeli Circassians hold fast to multilayered identity
Over 160 years after their people were expelled from the Caucasus, residents of Kfar Kama maintain their language and culture while embracing life as Israelis and Muslims
By Diana Bletter
A man rides his bicycle past a mosque in the Circassian village of Kfar Kama in the northern Galilee region, on December 21, 2022. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
March 13, 2023, 10:08 am
Israel expresses frustration as delegation is barred from UN event in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh failed to issue visas to residents of Kfar Kama, a Circassian Muslim town picked as global ‘tourist village’; Tourism Ministry accuses UN of failing to meet own standards
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
The entrance to the Circassian village of Kfar Kama with an inscription in Hebrew and Circassian saying 'welcome' December 2020. (svarshik via iStock by Getty Images)
December 20, 2022, 11:25 pm
Circassian town in northern Israel wins UN recognition as global ‘tourist village’
Kfar Kama, in lower Galilee, is one of only two Circassian communities in Israel; award ceremony set for February in Saudi Arabia
By Danielle Nagler
Aerial view of 1,300-year-old church in the village of Kfar Kama, near Mount Tabor. (Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 28, 2020, 3:12 pm
Large 6th century church compound uncovered near site of Jesus’ transfiguration
Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavations ahead of construction of playground in Galilee village of Kfar Kama reveals hitherto unknown possible monastery
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
From the trove of coins found in the home of a suspected antiquities thief from Kfar Kana, January 2020. (Yaron Bibas/IAA)
January 27, 2020, 1:05 pm
Coins from 5th century BCE found in trove seized from home of antiquities thief
Israel Antiquities Authority’s Theft Prevention Unit inspector says there are a growing number of thieves using metal detectors who are destroying unexcavated archaeological sites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 31, 2019, 11:23 am
Elderly man dies in Lower Galilee house fire
Police investigating death of 84-year-old in Circassian-majority town of Kfar Kama, though no evidence of crime
By ToI Staff
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