15 Facts About Kibbutz

1.

For example, in 2010, Kibbutz Sasa, containing some 200 members, generated US$850 million in annual revenue from its military-plastics industry.

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2.

The Marxist faction of the kibbutz movement, Kibbutz Artzi, favoured a one-state solution over partition, but advocated free Jewish immigration, which the Arabs opposed.

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3.

Kibbutz members were not classic Marxists though their system partially resembled Communism.

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4.

The Kibbutz wanted to give women the opportunity to continue their work in the agricultural sector and industrial sector.

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5.

Founders of the Kibbutz sought a dynamic education for their children, that can be summed up in this statement from the founders of Kibbutz Degania.

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6.

Kibbutz found that the child showed separation distress in both situations but, when reunited, children were significantly more attached to their mothers than to the metapelet.

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7.

Originally the Kibbutz paid college tuition in full, but in the 1980s with the kibbutz crisis, some began to pay a smaller share of tuition costs.

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8.

For example, in 2010, Kibbutz Sasa, containing some 200 members, generated US$850 million in annual revenue from its military-plastics industry.

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9.

Kibbutz Ketura is leading Israel's development of solar technology, becoming a popular eco tourism attraction.

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10.

The petitioners argued that the Kibbutz had dramatically changed its life style, having implemented differential salaries, closing the communal dining hall, and privatising the educational system and other services.

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11.

Kibbutz then created a new Christian community, still based on the kibbutz model and self-determined as such, in Malrevers.

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12.

Kibbutz was an original social creation, yet always a marginal phenomenon.

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13.

Kibbutz Shamir owns an optical products company that is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

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14.

Kibbutz-born Ehud Barak was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001, and David Ben-Gurion lived most of his life in Tel Aviv, but joined Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev after resigning as Prime Minister in 1953.

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15.

Kibbutz remained a member after his return to office in 1955.

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