Kafar Kanna

For the village in Lebanon, see Qana .

Coordinates: 32°45′″N, 35°21′″E Kafar Kanna (Hebrew: כפר כנא‎, Arabic: كفر كنا‎), known as Kfar Kana in Hebrew and Kafr Kana in Arabic, is an Israeli-Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.

The town became a local council in 1968. In 2003, there were 16,400 residents, 83.5% of whom were Muslim and 16.5% Christian. The town's football (soccer) team, Maccabi Kfar Kana, plays in the Nationwide League and is a member of the Maccabi sports association.

[edit] Religious Significance

The town is identified by Christians as a likely candidate for the town of Cana, where Jesus performed a miracle at the Marriage at Cana. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1914, a tradition dating back to the 8th century identifies Cana with this town.

The town also contains the tomb of the Jewish sage, Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel (lived circa 10 BC to 70 AD), the Nasi (prince) of the Sanhedrin (legislative body of Ancient Israel), who assumed leadership of the Sanhedrin in 50 AD.

The town's Christian and Jewish sites are recognized by the Israeli National Authority of Religious Services.

The settlement of Kana was mentioned in the Amarna Letters, and was known in the times of the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus.

As with many Jewish towns in the Galilee, the town took in Jewish refugees fleeing Roman persecution in Jerusalem and Judea^[1].

The village flourished in the 16th century, as it lay on the trade route between Egypt and Syria.

North District
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