The rewards of living on an Israeli kibbutzArnie Weissman
An irrigation system sprays recycled waste water on a field in Kibbutz Magen in southern Israel November 15, 2010. With increased interest worldwide, Israel is marketing its waste water reuse technologies and has developed a billion-dollar industry by sharing systems and expertise. REUTERS/Amir Co...
Born in Basra, Iraq in 1932, George emigrated with his family to Israel in 1949 at age 14. He attended a kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee, and later the Avni Art School in Tel-Aviv. Taken under the wing by such illustrious patrons as Lady Fergusson, great niece of Lord Balfour, a for...
re-forestation and ecological revival in the area. The kibbutz requires that visitors stay at least a month, but they encourage people to stay for longer whenever possible in order to cut down on the training time associated with a high turnover. Participants are...
Another Haganah emissary, Reuvin Dafni, who came to the United States in 1946 to raise money for the Haganah, also met with some well-known Jewish gangsters. Dafni had been born in Croatia in 1913. He immigrated to Palestine in 1936 where he became one of the founders of Kibbutz Ein Gev...
Adele Raemer, survivor of the October 7 Hamas attack from Kibbutz Nirim PHOTO CREDIT: (Courtesy: Edut 710) Sharon Weisberger was watching the sun come up at the Supernova Festival on October 7. Moments earlier, she had a conversation with a photographer about music and love, and how “yo...
and 15 kindergarten teachers participated in the study. This sample was recruited from an area near the Gaza strip, affected by political violence, mainly in the form of rocket attacks since the year 2001. Participants were mainly from small villages and kibbutzim (81%), while the minority wer...
As we stepped off the elevator at one of Israel’s largest banks, I saw a striking piece of art hanging on the wall. It was a photograph of the kibbutz we had been helping to rebuild. But this wasn’t just any photograph—it was layered with an iron sculpture, representing the family...
and 15 kindergarten teachers participated in the study. This sample was recruited from an area near the Gaza strip, affected by political violence, mainly in the form of rocket attacks since the year 2001. Participants were mainly from small villages and kibbutzim (81%), while the minority wer...