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Zivia Lubetkin and Yitzhak (Antek) Zuckerman
A Double Biography Sharon Geva Zivia Lubetkin (1914—1978) and Yitzhak Zuckerman (1915—1981) were leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which broke out on April 19, 1943, and has ever since been viewed as the ultimate symbol of heroism during the Holocaust. They were among the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB: Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa […]
Left radicalization in the kibbutz movement 1948-1956
Doron Nadiv This study describes and analyzes the way leaderships of the Hakibbutz Ha'artzi, Hakibbutz Hameuchad and the kibbutzim contended with the phenomenon of Leftification during the years 1948-1956. These first years after the establishment of the State were characterized by a transition from a voluntary collective during the nascent state, to a national centralized […]
The Individual within the Collective – Inclusion and Exclusion in Kibbutz Community
Orna Shemer and Menachem Topel Introduction This book is the product of a research initiative of the Yad Tabenkin Research Institute, whose studies focus on the world of the kibbutz and collective communities in the past and present. The research initiative presented in this book sought to develop a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of […]
Voices from the Transparent Closet: LGBT Experiences in the Kibbutz
Amit Kama and Sylvie Fogiel Bijaoui Abstract Very little is known about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) in the kibbutz, a 113-year-old intentional communal movement. 182,000 people live today in 268 kibbutzim. Most of the research to date in Israel has focused on LGBT living in cities, especially in Tel Aviv. It is possible […]
Sense of Place: Solidarity in the Renewed Moshav Ovdim
Avi Shnider We got them on their feet, these three farms. ….. It is in all of our interest that he has a farm, it’s better, then, he will not be a burden on us. If he doesn't have money to spray… [this way] his pests won't move to my plot. We […]
Kibbutzim suffer substantial losses and trauma
A poster produced in honor of the 40th anniversary of Kibbutz Be’eri, 1986, with the silhouettes of the members of the kibbutz (from the collection of posters from the Yad Tabenkin archives) Dear ICSA members, Yad Tabenkin wishes to share with you the current painful dilemmas that the kibbutz community is facing right now. These […]
Kibbutzim suffer substantial losses and trauma
A poster produced in honor of the 40th anniversary of Kibbutz Be’eri, 1986, with the silhouettes of the members of the kibbutz (from the collection of posters from the Yad Tabenkin archives) Dear ICSA members, Yad Tabenkin wishes to share with you the current painful dilemmas that the kibbutz community is facing right now. These […]
Paving, Construction and Fire
“Solel Boneh” Activity in the Israeli War of Independence Doron Rosen Abstract The Israeli War of Independence, which began at the end of November 1947 and ended at the end of July 1949, was not limited to the military struggle between the Jewish defense forces (the Haganah and the IDF which was established from it) […]