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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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A This Capital Hill settlement of pro-Israel lobbies and think tanks strategically controls the high ground overlooking the United States' Middle East policy landscape by having made kibbutzniks of most members of the executive and legislative branches of the governmenta"including President-elect Obama, Vice President-elect Biden (a wannabe Zionist), and future Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (a born Zionist).
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He grew up as a kibbutznik in the Galil, the son of swamp-draining idealists from the Ukraine.
 
 
 
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