The Kibbutz: Israel’s Collective Utopia

This week, we’re dissecting one of the founding elements of Israeli society – the kibbutz. Founded in the early 20th century, these collective settlements helped shape the country’s identity.

Based on the idea that everything – from food to children – should be shared, the young immigrants who set up the first kibbutzim threw out the old European way of living and sought to create a system of complete equality.

It was a totally radical concept, but without it, Israel would be a very different place today.

But why were the kibbutzim founded, how did they work (did they work?) and what is left (if anything) of these communal utopias?

Let us know what you think about the idea of the kibbutz movement in the comments below.

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Photo/Video Credit:
– JNF
– Central Zionist Archive
– GPO/Zoltan Kluger/Moshe Pridan/Fritz Cohen/Teddy Brauner/Yossi Greenberg/Aryeh Kanper/Assaf Kutin/Ilan Bruner
– Kvutzat Kinneret archive
– Einat Kibbutz Archive

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The Kibbutz: Israel’s Collective Utopia