THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

18 Friday, February 19, 1982

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Kibutz Interviews Shed New insight

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By CHARLES MADISON

(Editor's note: Former
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for nearly 40 years.)
One of Israel's outstand-
ing features has been the
kibutz movement. Al-
though it consists of less
than four percent of the
population, its impact on
the state has been consid-
erable.
Arnica Lieblich, a teacher
of psychology at Hebrew
University, has made a val-
uable and highly-readable
study of one of the largest
and most prosperous kibut-

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, chard as well as two fac- sorbing reading. They pul-
sate with human emotion
tories.
Members now had new and variegated reality. All
homes built for them, and the aspects of kibutz life are
their standard of living was dealt with frankly and in-
greatly improved. They also formatively, so that the vol-
developed a complete school ume reads with the objectiv-
system for their numerous ity of the historian and the
children, and drew nurses insight of the good novelist.
and teachers from their own
midst.
Following kibutz policy,
the children were from in-
fancy kept apart from par-
ents much of the time.
The motto of the kibutz
remained "maximum
consideration of the indi-
vidual," although a good
many members were re-
quired to accept work
which they deeply dis-
liked. In time this caused
dissatisfaction and res-
ignations.
Almost two-thirds of the
children born in the kibutz
left it sooner or later, and in
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EXCALIBUR1

CHARLES MADISON

Hair Styling
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zim, published under . the
pseudonymous title of
"Kibutz Mekom" (Panth-
eon).
Instead of writing a con-
ventional history, she has
edited 61 tape-recorded in-
terviews — out of more than
100 — which provide a
realistic and fascinating
perspective of the nature,
development, achievement,
and complexity of the
kibutz. The book's several
sections make vividly clear
the kibutz's early difficult
beginning, its gradual
growth and maturity, and
its present character and
condition.
In 1928, 17 Israeli
youths decided to start a
kibutz. They had no capi-
tal and no agricultural
experience, and the land
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they selected was marshy
and the available water
brackish. They were,
however, strongly moti-
vated by faith and dedi-
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cation.
In the interviews with
surviving pioneers, fas- •
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cinating stories emerge of
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the hardships and sac-
rifices, of current nostalgia •
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and satisfaction, how they
persisted despite discourag-
ing defeats and material
handicaps. Each, in his or
her way, stressed the
idealism which motivated
their efforts at establish-
ment.
They adhered strictly to
the kibutz principles of
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equality and mutuality.
They tended, uncon-
sciously, to repress their in- •
dividuality in order to con-
form to kibutz policy. AIL_ •
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also, were eager to advance •
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the cause of Zionism and
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willingly accepted tasks
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enterprise and affluence.
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