Some kibbutzim like Rechaniyya, Malkiya and Avivim are now closed and inhabited by the IDF reservists who are guarding the communities and using (with full blessing) their dining facilities and community halls where cots have been set up for them. They also use these border communities as a ...
This holiday of tree planting for trees is fun for all the family but especially young children. Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL or the Jewish National Fund) was established in 1901 and to this day remains committed to developing the land byplanting trees. Fun fact: Israel is one of the few...
and the music we created here. But not much was said regarding the thoughts and feelings of Mizrahi immigrants (nor about their children who were born into it) who came here and heard what passed as Israeli
with the Anschluss of Austria, it became necessary. Before that, however, they had done much to bridge the gap between dogs and Jews in the Land of Israel. In 1927, after years of cajoling, Rudolphina convinced the Jewish Agency to send two kibbutzniks to her to learn how to...
Recognising this important truth, a resident of a kibbutz near the border with Gaza urged the Israeli government, despite the rockets which have landed in her backyard: “If you want to defend me… try to negotiate until white smoke comes up through the chimney.” In my view, the best way...