Kesher Talk

Kibbutzim for a new generation: If a host of new collectivist projects are any indication, the death of the Israeli kibbutz has been greatly exaggerated.
Young Israelis fresh out of the army now are engaged in a revival of that unique Israeli invention — the collective farm — almost in the same way as were the first Jewish settlers in Palestine more than a century ago.

Almost.

Unlike the members of the first kibbutzim, who focused on cultivating the land as the ultimate expression of Zionism, the new kibbutzniks emphasize education.

posted by William @ 10/24/2003 09:01:11 AM