[[File:Wikifur flag.png|thumb|300px|right|Israeli Furs flag, made by [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/moodyferret MoodyFerret]]]
'''Israeli Furs''', also known as '''IL Furs''' refers to the general [[furry fandom|furry population]] living in [[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], and to the number of similarly-named communities which cater to them.

As of February, 2023, The Israeli Furs community consist of around 300 members, and around 35 of which who are fursuiters.

== Social Groups and Servers ==

Considering its small size, the Israeli Furs community have had a large number of social groups and servers on a couple different platforms, dedicated for the local furries to chat in.

=== Telegram ===

Over the years, the Israeli Furs community has had several Telegram chats.
The first Israeli Furs telegram group to be created was made in 2016<ref>[https://twitter.com/ILfurs/status/707700463437799425 Tweet from an ILFurs twitter account]. Retrieved 10 March 2016.</ref> was at the time the most active furry group in Israel. It was closed in early 2021 due to the group owner forgetting to transfer ownership to a different admin before leaving the group.

New Telegram groups opened along the way, for adult 18+, and general groups for everyone, as well as a meetup group for everyone to organize meetups in.

As of February, 2023, there are two active groups in the community. [https://t.me/+cKhZNhBCDBpiODk8 Adult ILFurs 18+ SFW] is a group opened by [[Tzell]] on October 19th, 2019. Due to Tzell not being very active, it is co-owned with the help of [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter] and [[Arnavi]].

Another Telegram group, [https://t.me/+R7_e_RIwGtdmYjM0 Israeli Furs - 18+ SFW], was opened on February 7th, 2023 by [[Kovuah]]. It is administered by [[Kovuah]], [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin] and [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lieutenantboat/ Aegis].

=== Discord ===

Several discord servers were created for the community.

The first one which was created by [[Karleo]] and [[Kyubimon]] was abandoned due to inactivity, and later integrated with the current most popular server to create a new discord community - [https://discord.gg/D9n5Fye6UD Israeli Furs], owned by [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin].

=== Steam ===

An [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Israelfurs Israeli Furries Steam group] exists for all the Israeli Furs who are gamers.

=== Facebook ===

A facebook community named [https://m.facebook.com/groups/1081692158565955?id=1081692158565955&ref=content_filter&_rdr Israel Furry Fandom] was made. When it was found by a Telegram group member around 2017-2018, a lot of these members migrated to the original Telegram Group.

=== Amino ===

Several Amino communities existed for the Israeli Furs, yet none of them became very successful / big. These communities later migrated to Telegram and Discord.

=== IRC ===

The main Israeli Furs [[IRC]] channel was on [[AnthroChat]]. It was disbanded circa 2016 when there was big movement toward Telegram, and lack of interest in IRC. There was also an IRC channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], but it was disbanded due to lack of interest.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''IRC''': irc://irc.anthrochat.org/ilfurs
*'''Founder''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat and FurNet)''': [[Skie Nightfall]] (a.k.a KhellendrosTheBlue)<ref name="anthro-chanserv">AnthroChat IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref name="furnet-chanserv">FurNet IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIsrael_Furs&diff=183683&oldid=183627 founder name Skie.... 19 February 2008 comment by EarthFurst quoting Skie to a Talk page at WikiFur]. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref>
*'''Ran from/to''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat)''': 31 January 2008<ref name="anthro-chanserv"/> - 2016
**'''IRC (FurNet)''': 1 February 2008<ref name="furnet-chanserv"/> - end of 2009

== Websites ==

Several different websites were created with dedication to the Israel Furs community.

=== Israel Furries ===

[https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ The Israeli Furries website] was initiated by [[Skie Nightfall]] in 2008 and maintained by [[IceDragon]].

In current time, the website needs fixing due to an HTTPS feature from the host which glitched the configuration of the website; and the website itself being outdated.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200222113127/https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ An archive of the website] can be accessed through WayBackMachine to mimic what the website once looked like.

=== ILFurs Forums ===

A Israeli Furs member named Simba opened up a forum that was running from around June 2016 to August 2017.

The forums did not catch on, which resulted in inactivity, and the website later being shut down.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20170425203350/http://www.ilfurs.xyz:80/ An archive of the website] can be viewed with the help of WayBackMachine.

=== Israeli Furries ===

[https://israelifurries.crd.co/ Israeli Furries] is a website founded by [[Kovuah]] which holds information about the Israeli Furry community and provides links to social groups and servers.

The website features a language toggle between Hebrew and English, and will feature mascots in the future.

[[Kovuah]] also maintains Israel's [[FurAffinity]] [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel group page] which holds a similar idea- to maintain a list of groups and information about the Israeli Furs community.

== Israeli Fur-Made Projects ==

As the Israeli Furs community became bigger, a few passionate members began dedicating their time toward projects that regard the Israeli Furry community.

=== Znavot ===

[[Znavot]] is a meetup group which will be in charge of coming up with meetups, private and public for the Israeli Furry Community to enjoy.

=== Tails of Israel ===

[[Tails of Israel]] is an Israeli Furry podcast project hosted by [[Wüffus]], meant to put a spotlight on the Israeli Furry Community which is fairly unknown, to the international community and to the local community alike.

==Events==

===Villa Furmeet===

The Villa Furmeet was a meet that took place on October 31st, 2022, and at the time was the biggest furmeet boasting 47 people.
The meet was held in a large villa in the city of Hadera, Israel.
It was a 2 day meet, and the activities included Dungeons and Dragons, a pool party, a Fursuit 101 talk and a Halloween party/dance. The event was organized by [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter], [[Arnavi]] and [[Hoot Minerva]]. with Hoot acting as the event finance manager.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[https://www.instagram.com/furry_community_il/ Furry Community IL] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/il_furs ILFurs] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/furryisrael/ Furries IL!] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://twitter.com/ILfurs Israel Furries] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel Israeli Furries] on [[FurAffinity]]
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23ilfurs&net=AnthroChat statistics of #ilfurs on AnthroChat IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de

[[Category:Regional groups]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:2008 births]]
[[Category:2016 births]]
[[Category:IRC channels]]
[[Category:Telegram groups]]
[[Category:Discord groups]]

Israeli Furs

2023-02-10T14:22:43Z

Kovu: /* Social Groups and Servers */

[[File:Wikifur flag.png|thumb|300px|right|Israeli Furs flag, made by [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/moodyferret MoodyFerret]]]
'''Israeli Furs''', also known as '''IL Furs''' refers to the general [[furry fandom|furry population]] living in [[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], and to the number of similarly-named communities which cater to them.

As of February, 2023, The Israeli Furs community consist of around 300 members, and around 35 of which who are fursuiters.

== Social Groups and Servers ==

Considering its small size, the Israeli Furs community have had a large number of social groups and servers on a couple different platforms, dedicated for the local furries to chat in.

=== Telegram ===

Over the years, the Israeli Furs community has had several Telegram chats.
The first Israeli Furs telegram group to be created was made in 2016<ref>[https://twitter.com/ILfurs/status/707700463437799425 Tweet from an ILFurs twitter account]. Retrieved 10 March 2016.</ref> was at the time the most active furry group in Israel. It was closed in early 2021 due to the group owner forgetting to transfer ownership to a different admin before leaving the group.

New Telegram groups opened along the way, for adult 18+, and general groups for everyone, as well as a meetup group for everyone to organize meetups in.

As of February, 2023, there are two active groups in the community. [https://t.me/+cKhZNhBCDBpiODk8 Adult ILFurs 18+ SFW] is a group opened by [[Tzell]] in 2017. Due to Tzell not being very active, it is co-owned with the help of [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter] and [[Arnavi]].

Another Telegram group, [https://t.me/+R7_e_RIwGtdmYjM0 Israeli Furs - 18+ SFW], was opened on February 7th, 2023 by [[Kovuah]]. It is administered by [[Kovuah]], [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin] and [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lieutenantboat/ Aegis].

=== Discord ===

Several discord servers were created for the community.

The first one which was created by [[Karleo]] and [[Kyubimon]] was abandoned due to inactivity, and later integrated with the current most popular server to create a new discord community - [https://discord.gg/D9n5Fye6UD Israeli Furs], owned by [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin].

=== Steam ===

An [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Israelfurs Israeli Furries Steam group] exists for all the Israeli Furs who are gamers.

=== Facebook ===

A facebook community named [https://m.facebook.com/groups/1081692158565955?id=1081692158565955&ref=content_filter&_rdr Israel Furry Fandom] was made. When it was found by a Telegram group member around 2017-2018, a lot of these members migrated to the original Telegram Group.

=== Amino ===

Several Amino communities existed for the Israeli Furs, yet none of them became very successful / big. These communities later migrated to Telegram and Discord.

=== IRC ===

The main Israeli Furs [[IRC]] channel was on [[AnthroChat]]. It was disbanded circa 2016 when there was big movement toward Telegram, and lack of interest in IRC. There was also an IRC channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], but it was disbanded due to lack of interest.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''IRC''': irc://irc.anthrochat.org/ilfurs
*'''Founder''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat and FurNet)''': [[Skie Nightfall]] (a.k.a KhellendrosTheBlue)<ref name="anthro-chanserv">AnthroChat IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref name="furnet-chanserv">FurNet IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIsrael_Furs&diff=183683&oldid=183627 founder name Skie.... 19 February 2008 comment by EarthFurst quoting Skie to a Talk page at WikiFur]. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref>
*'''Ran from/to''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat)''': 31 January 2008<ref name="anthro-chanserv"/> - 2016
**'''IRC (FurNet)''': 1 February 2008<ref name="furnet-chanserv"/> - end of 2009

== Websites ==

Several different websites were created with dedication to the Israel Furs community.

=== Israel Furries ===

[https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ The Israeli Furries website] was initiated by [[Skie Nightfall]] in 2008 and maintained by [[IceDragon]].

In current time, the website needs fixing due to an HTTPS feature from the host which glitched the configuration of the website; and the website itself being outdated.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200222113127/https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ An archive of the website] can be accessed through WayBackMachine to mimic what the website once looked like.

=== ILFurs Forums ===

A Israeli Furs member named Simba opened up a forum that was running from around June 2016 to August 2017.

The forums did not catch on, which resulted in inactivity, and the website later being shut down.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20170425203350/http://www.ilfurs.xyz:80/ An archive of the website] can be viewed with the help of WayBackMachine.

=== Israeli Furries ===

[https://israelifurries.crd.co/ Israeli Furries] is a website founded by [[Kovuah]] which holds information about the Israeli Furry community and provides links to social groups and servers.

The website features a language toggle between Hebrew and English, and will feature mascots in the future.

[[Kovuah]] also maintains Israel's [[FurAffinity]] [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel group page] which holds a similar idea- to maintain a list of groups and information about the Israeli Furs community.

== Israeli Fur-Made Projects ==

As the Israeli Furs community became bigger, a few passionate members began dedicating their time toward projects that regard the Israeli Furry community.

=== Znavot ===

[[Znavot]] is a meetup group which will be in charge of coming up with meetups, private and public for the Israeli Furry Community to enjoy.

=== Tails of Israel ===

[[Tails of Israel]] is an Israeli Furry podcast project hosted by [[Wüffus]], meant to put a spotlight on the Israeli Furry Community which is fairly unknown, to the international community and to the local community alike.

==Events==

===Villa Furmeet===

The Villa Furmeet was a meet that took place on October 31st, 2022, and at the time was the biggest furmeet boasting 47 people.
The meet was held in a large villa in the city of Hadera, Israel.
It was a 2 day meet, and the activities included Dungeons and Dragons, a pool party, a Fursuit 101 talk and a Halloween party/dance. The event was organized by [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter], [[Arnavi]] and [[Hoot Minerva]]. with Hoot acting as the event finance manager.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[https://www.instagram.com/furry_community_il/ Furry Community IL] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/il_furs ILFurs] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/furryisrael/ Furries IL!] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://twitter.com/ILfurs Israel Furries] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel Israeli Furries] on [[FurAffinity]]
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23ilfurs&net=AnthroChat statistics of #ilfurs on AnthroChat IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de

[[Category:Regional groups]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:2008 births]]
[[Category:2016 births]]
[[Category:IRC channels]]
[[Category:Telegram groups]]
[[Category:Discord groups]]

Israeli Furs

2023-02-10T14:12:18Z

Kovu: /* Social Groups and Servers */

[[File:Wikifur flag.png|thumb|300px|right|Israeli Furs flag, made by [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/moodyferret MoodyFerret]]]
'''Israeli Furs''', also known as '''IL Furs''' refers to the general [[furry fandom|furry population]] living in [[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], and to the number of similarly-named communities which cater to them.

As of February, 2023, The Israeli Furs community consist of around 300 members, and around 35 of which who are fursuiters.

== Social Groups and Servers ==

Considering its small size, the Israeli Furs community have had a large number of social groups and servers on a couple different platforms, dedicated for the local furries to chat in.

=== Telegram ===

Over the years, the Israeli Furs community has had several Telegram chats.
The first Israeli Furs telegram group to be created was made in 2016<ref>[https://twitter.com/ILfurs/status/707700463437799425 Tweet from an ILFurs twitter account]. Retrieved 10 March 2016.</ref> was at the time the most active furry group in Israel. It was closed in early 2021 due to the group owner forgetting to transfer ownership to a different admin before leaving the group.

New Telegram groups opened along the way, for adult 18+, and general groups for everyone, as well as a meetup group for everyone to organize meetups in.

As of February, 2023, there are two active groups in the community. [https://t.me/+cKhZNhBCDBpiODk8 Adult ILFurs 18+ SFW] is a group opened by [[Tzell]] on October 21st, 2019. Due to Tzell not being very active, it is co-owned with the help of [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter] and [[Arnavi]].

Another Telegram group, [https://t.me/+R7_e_RIwGtdmYjM0 Israeli Furs - 18+ SFW], was opened on February 7th, 2023 by [[Kovuah]]. It is administered by [[Kovuah]], [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin] and [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lieutenantboat/ Aegis].

=== Discord ===

Several discord servers were created for the community.

The first one which was created by [[Karleo]] and [[Kyubimon]] was abandoned due to inactivity, and later integrated with the current most popular server to create a new discord community - [https://discord.gg/D9n5Fye6UD Israeli Furs], owned by [https://www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pupper_woof/ Pumpkin].

=== Steam ===

An [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Israelfurs Israeli Furries Steam group] exists for all the Israeli Furs who are gamers.

=== Facebook ===

A facebook community named [https://m.facebook.com/groups/1081692158565955?id=1081692158565955&ref=content_filter&_rdr Israel Furry Fandom] was made. When it was found by a Telegram group member around 2017-2018, a lot of these members migrated to the original Telegram Group.

=== Amino ===

Several Amino communities existed for the Israeli Furs, yet none of them became very successful / big. These communities later migrated to Telegram and Discord.

=== IRC ===

The main Israeli Furs [[IRC]] channel was on [[AnthroChat]]. It was disbanded circa 2016 when there was big movement toward Telegram, and lack of interest in IRC. There was also an IRC channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], but it was disbanded due to lack of interest.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''IRC''': irc://irc.anthrochat.org/ilfurs
*'''Founder''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat and FurNet)''': [[Skie Nightfall]] (a.k.a KhellendrosTheBlue)<ref name="anthro-chanserv">AnthroChat IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref name="furnet-chanserv">FurNet IRC's chanserv. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIsrael_Furs&diff=183683&oldid=183627 founder name Skie.... 19 February 2008 comment by EarthFurst quoting Skie to a Talk page at WikiFur]. Retrieved 19 February 2008.</ref>
*'''Ran from/to''':
**'''IRC (AnthroChat)''': 31 January 2008<ref name="anthro-chanserv"/> - 2016
**'''IRC (FurNet)''': 1 February 2008<ref name="furnet-chanserv"/> - end of 2009

== Websites ==

Several different websites were created with dedication to the Israel Furs community.

=== Israel Furries ===

[https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ The Israeli Furries website] was initiated by [[Skie Nightfall]] in 2008 and maintained by [[IceDragon]].

In current time, the website needs fixing due to an HTTPS feature from the host which glitched the configuration of the website; and the website itself being outdated.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200222113127/https://www.icerealm.org/ilfurs/ An archive of the website] can be accessed through WayBackMachine to mimic what the website once looked like.

=== ILFurs Forums ===

A Israeli Furs member named Simba opened up a forum that was running from around June 2016 to August 2017.

The forums did not catch on, which resulted in inactivity, and the website later being shut down.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20170425203350/http://www.ilfurs.xyz:80/ An archive of the website] can be viewed with the help of WayBackMachine.

=== Israeli Furries ===

[https://israelifurries.crd.co/ Israeli Furries] is a website founded by [[Kovuah]] which holds information about the Israeli Furry community and provides links to social groups and servers.

The website features a language toggle between Hebrew and English, and will feature mascots in the future.

[[Kovuah]] also maintains Israel's [[FurAffinity]] [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel group page] which holds a similar idea- to maintain a list of groups and information about the Israeli Furs community.

== Israeli Fur-Made Projects ==

As the Israeli Furs community became bigger, a few passionate members began dedicating their time toward projects that regard the Israeli Furry community.

=== Znavot ===

[[Znavot]] is a meetup group which will be in charge of coming up with meetups, private and public for the Israeli Furry Community to enjoy.

=== Tails of Israel ===

[[Tails of Israel]] is an Israeli Furry podcast project hosted by [[Wüffus]], meant to put a spotlight on the Israeli Furry Community which is fairly unknown, to the international community and to the local community alike.

==Events==

===Villa Furmeet===

The Villa Furmeet was a meet that took place on October 31st, 2022, and at the time was the biggest furmeet boasting 47 people.
The meet was held in a large villa in the city of Hadera, Israel.
It was a 2 day meet, and the activities included Dungeons and Dragons, a pool party, a Fursuit 101 talk and a Halloween party/dance. The event was organized by [https://twitter.com/royotty Roy Otter], [[Arnavi]] and [[Hoot Minerva]]. with Hoot acting as the event finance manager.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[https://www.instagram.com/furry_community_il/ Furry Community IL] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/il_furs ILFurs] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/furryisrael/ Furries IL!] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://twitter.com/ILfurs Israel Furries] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.furaffinity.net/user/israel Israeli Furries] on [[FurAffinity]]
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23ilfurs&net=AnthroChat statistics of #ilfurs on AnthroChat IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de

[[Category:Regional groups]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:2008 births]]
[[Category:2016 births]]
[[Category:IRC channels]]
[[Category:Telegram groups]]
[[Category:Discord groups]]