The kibbutz movement: a history
by Near, Henry
fromThe Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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The Kibbutz movement: a history
by Near, Henry
fromThe Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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Type: Book
"This volume takes up Henry Near's narrative account of the kibbutz movement from the outbreak of the Second World War. He considers the effects of the war and the Holocaust on the kibbutzim and their youth movements; the political struggles which led to the end of the British M…
'Notably thoughtful and scholarly ... he has succeeded in putting together an admirably coherent and clearly written account of the kibbutz movement's history, an authoritative narrative account of which has long been needed ... is sure to serve as the standard text on the subje…
"We think of the kibbutz as a place for communal living and working. Members work, reside, and eat together, and share income "from each according to ability, to each according to need." But in the late 1980s the kibbutzim decided that they needed to change. Reforms--moderate at…
The Israeli author reflects on her life as a child of the kibbutz movement and evaluates how this communal structure came into being as well as the social gaps it left in the children who were raised in kibbutzim.
"An exploration of the literary and cinematic representations of the kibbutz movement in Israel. Authors discussed include Amos Oz, Savyon Liebrecht, Nathan Shaham, Avraham Balaban, Atallah Mansour, Eli Amir, and Batya Gur. Directors discussed include Yitzhak Yeshurun, Akiva Tev…
"An exploration of the literary and cinematic representations of the kibbutz movement in Israel. Authors discussed include Amos Oz, Savyon Liebrecht, Nathan Shaham, Avraham Balaban, Atallah Mansour, Eli Amir, and Batya Gur. Directors discussed include Yitzhak Yeshurun, Akiva Tev…