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kibbutz: see collective farm collective farm, an agricultural production unit including a number of farm households or villages working together under state control. The description of the collective farm has varied with time and place.
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kibbutz

Israeli communal settlement in which all wealth is held in common and profits are reinvested in the settlement. The first kibbutz was founded in Palestine in 1909; most have since been agricultural. Adults live in private quarters; children are generally housed and cared for as a group. Meals are prepared and eaten communally. Members have regular meetings to discuss business and to take votes on matters requiring decisions. Jobs may be assigned by rotation, by choice, or by skill. The kibbutz movement declined dramatically in the late 20th century. But kibbutzim continued to play in important role in the tourism industry in Israel, attracting students and other short-term residents, mostly Jews from overseas seeking a link with the past. See also moshav.



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Kibbutzes are still common: There are at least 200 throughout Israel.
She grew up in a kibbutz close to the Lebanon border, an area which came under heavy fire from the Iranian-backed Hizbollah militia during the recent war: 'We heard the Katyusha rockets coming - they burned the kibbutzes around, but didn't get us.
2008, (the title is a reference to the subtitle of a 1932 Brecht film), an installation of wooden frames forming the outline of a potentially habitable structure, evokes "manifold sources of influence" including Russian Constructivist theater design, the architecture of Israeli kibbutzes, and "late modern institutional architecture and public space" (a frame of reference broad enough to include just about everything).
 
 
 
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