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The Kibbutz
URL: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/kibbutz.html

Description:
Background about the Israeli kibbutz movement. "The kibbutz (Hebrew word for 'communal settlement') is a unique rural community ... based on the principle of joint ownership." The first kibbutzim "(plural of 'kibbutz') were founded some 40 years before the establishment of the State of Israel (1948)." Includes data on population, and material on organization, types of work, raising children, traditions, and the future. From the Jewish Virtual Library.

LII Topics: History, Judaism

Publisher:
The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

LII Database Information:
Record 27806 created by Maria Brandt on 01/19/2009
Last modification on 02/02/2009
Published: 02/12/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27806

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