Kfar Tavor became a supplier of grapes to the country's wineries. On 12 April 1909 a group of Bar Giora members left Sejera, were they had been based, and met in secret at Kfar Tavor. Led by Israel Shochat and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi it was decided to establish an armed militia - Hashomer. Its members were to act as guards for Jewish colonies and work as laboured towards establishing further colonies. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Mesha (Kufr Tabur) had a population of 274; all Jews. The 1931 census of Palestine recorded 328 persons in Mas-ha living in 54 houses: 304 Jews, 20 Muslims and 4 Christians. In the 1945 statistics Kfar Tavor had 230 inhabitants, all Jews. Mas-ha was noted as an alternative name. Landmarks In the Hameyasdim neighborhood, the core of the village, there is a museum and other sites, including the HaShomer house, the first school and teacher's house (now a library) and a synagogue that was built in 1937. Another school, built in 1911, now serves as the Shenkar Tzfira Music Center. The main street of the neighborhood has houses left from the village's early days, as well as parts of the wall that surrounded it. Notable residents Yigal Allon (1918–80), politician, commander of the Palmach, and general in the IDF, was born in Kfar Tavor. Oz Blayzer (born 1992), basketball player Itay Segev (born 1995), basketball player References Bibliography External links Photo of Mes'ha (Kfar Tavor) from 1910 Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: IAA, Wikimedia commons Local councils in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1901 Lower Galilee Mount Tabor