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(Between 8 Mile & Grand River) (Just North of Lone Pine Road) 478-1150 681-4622 F IDAY OCTOBER 28 1988 Special to The Jewish News N ew York — The kib- butz, Israel's unique contribution to collec- tive living, has changed con- siderably after 40 years of Israeli statehood. • Agriculture, once the pillar of the kibbutz economy, is gradually giving way to industry. • The ideological purity and idealism that used to characterize much of the kib- butz movement has been diluted by economic im- peratives and personal desires. • Younger members are leaving at an alarming rate, but urban Israelis are filling the gap. There are some 280 kibbut- zim today, whose members represent 3.6 percent of Israel's population. In 1948, the figure was 7.5 percent. As new immigrants poured into Israeli cities in the wake of the War of Independence, they all but bypassed kibbutzim, resulting in a population decline to 2.9 percent. In the 1960s, as disenchantment with the city grew, Israelis turned to the kibbutz as an alternative to urban life. Degania, the first kibbutz, was established in 1909 near the shores of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret). By 1918, the number had risen to 29. There were 149 when Israel became a sovereign nation. Most kibbutzim belong to the United Kibbutz Move- ment, which is identified with the Labor Party. Kibbutzim affiliated with the left-of- center Mapam party are grouped into the Kibbutz Ar- zi movement. Religious kibut- zim, the least numerous, are associated with the political Mizrachi movement. From the days of Degania, the kibbutz always has been one of the strongest links in the Zionist chain. Israel's founding fathers and mothers, primarily secular East European Jews who em- phasized the importance of physical labor, viewed agriculture as a way of life, not just a means of making a living. In terms of output, the kib- butz has been extremely fruitful. Kibbutzim grow 50 percent of Israel's commercial crops and produce 9 percent of its manufactured goods, Shlomo Leshem, a spokes- man for the United Kibbutz Movement, pointed out in an interview from his office in Tel Aviv. Gesher Haziv, whose lush banana fields can be glimps- ed from the white chalky cliffs of Rosh Hanikra, was founded on the grounds of a former British army base in 1949 by North American im- migrants and Israelis. Like the majority of kib- butzim today, Gesher Haziv is beautifully landscaped, a tranquil rural retreat only 20 miles from the bustle of Haifa. Akiva (Ken) Ziv, born in Los Angeles, was one of the founders. Ziv, who comes from a Habonim background- and who tends the kibbutz gardens, recalled the idealism that animated its members at the beginning. "It was like a summer camp," he said. And life was exceedingly simple. First the settlers liv- ed in tents, then in rudimen- tary permanent housing. Now some of them live in small but comfortable quarters. "We didn't have many material things, but as time went on, children came along and we got older, things became more complicated." Ziv, a robust 60, explained how prosperity gradually