Tag: Kibbutz Sheds Socialism
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The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity
New York Times: The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity KIBBUTZ YASUR, Israel — For much of Israel’s existence, the kibbutz embodied its highest ideals: collective labor, love of the land and a no-frills egalitarianism. But starting in the 1980s, when socialism was on a global downward spiral and the country was mired in hyperinflation,…