Nostalgia Sunday – Kibbutz Centenary

October 10, 2010 - 8:15 AM by · 2 Comments
Filed under: General, History and Culture, Israeliness, Life, Nostalgia Sunday 

The Kibbutz Movement launched its centennial celebrations last week with the message that collectivism is alive and well. These are glad tidings for a movement that was declared dead and gone time and time again over the past few decades. The Kibbutz Movement reports that a growing number of young people – singles and families – are seeking to join kibbutzim, either as permanent members, or as non-member residents.

A few more statistics: there are currently 256 kibbutzim in Israel (including 16 religious kibbutzim), most located in Israel’s outlying periphery. The total registered kibbutz population is approximately 106,000 persons, of which over 20,000 are children under the age of 18.

Every kibbutz celebrates the anniversary of its founding and many have begun uploading videos and slideshows about their histories to YouTube and the Kibbutz Movement site. Here are just a few:

Kibbutz Gvat – Photos by Amatzia Ben-Dor

Collective Adventure – Kibbutz Negba

En Gev Pioneers 1937

Kibbutz Shaar Golan 70th Anniversary
Tel Yosef – Then and Now

Gesher HaZiv Seniors – Youth – oral history project

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Foto Friday – Workers of the Promised Land

May 1, 2009 - 9:21 PM by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Foto Friday, General, Holidays, Israeliness, Life, Politics 

In the spirit of May 1st, here are a few shots from the big demonstration held in Tel Aviv by socialist youth movement HaNoar HaLomed. But first, a picture from the archives of Marxist movement Matzpen, and their May 1st march in 1979.
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And the face of Israeli socialism today:
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Three thousand marched from Rabin Square…
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…to the Histadrut headquarters where the rally was held.
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What would these members of HaShomer HaTzair make of the new socialist revival?
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Picture from the Labor Movement archive

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