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Kfar Baram

The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue, also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of , a former Palestinian Christian village, in what is today the .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Bar’am synagogue”, “Biram”, “Birim”, “Kfar Bar’am”, and “Kfar Bar’am synagogue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bar’am National Park and Pa’ar Cave.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Bar'am National Park is a in , between kibbutz and moshav , near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of , after which the park is named.

Cave
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pa'ar Cave is a karstic in the , . is situated 3 km southwest of Kfar Baram.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dovev and Tziv’on.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located in the around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with , it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 489.

Hamlet
Tziv'on is a kibbutz in northern . Located near and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457.

Village
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar'am is a kibbutz in northern . Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am. is situated 2½ km northeast of Kfar Baram.

Kfar Baram

Latitude
33.04326° or 33° 2′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.4145° or 35° 24′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G5Q2CV7+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278475145
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q4811090
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In Other Languages

From Hebrew to Indonesian—“Kfar Baram” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “כפר בירעם”
  • Hebrew: “כפר ברעם”
  • Indonesian: “Sinagoge Kfar Bar’am”

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Highlights include Church of our Lady of Baram and our lady of baram.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kfar Baram”. Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.