Kafr Bir ' im , also Kefr Berem ( , ) , was a Palestinian Arab village in Mandatory Palestine , located in modern-day northern Israel , south of the Lebanese border and northwest of Safed . The village was situated above sea level , with a church overlooking it at an elevation of . The church was built on the ruins of an older church destroyed in the earthquake of 1837 . In 1945 , 710 people lived in Kafr Bir ' im , most of them Christians . By 1992 , the only standing structure was the church and belltower
earthquake of 1837
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Kafr Bir'im