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fulfilling, comfortable life.
However, after donating
three months to a kibbutz, I
eventually lost my idealistic
image to the more realistic
discovery that the kibbutz
movement is rapidly becom-
ing outdated in both theory
and practice. As an Ameri-
can living in the final decade
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mately $3,000 allotted to
them upon finishing the
army, and assert their fi-
nancial independence .. .
elsewhere.
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expressed interest in termi-
nating the existing system of
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by each working member of
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monthly budget according to
family size and need, not ca-
reer. On the kibbutz, the
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