Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more
×

Kibbutz

Dried up fishponds in Emek Maayanot, April 2026 (Courtesy)
April 19, 2026, 4:38 pm
Green in the valley: Israel’s abandoned fishponds are turning into a solar goldmine
In a pathbreaking deal, a project in northern Israel will generate clean energy, restore natural habitats, and share profits between local kibbutzim and the city of Beit She’an
By Aviv Lavie
Tzruya "Suki" Lahav, pictured in Jerusalem, July 31, 2008. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90)
April 3, 2026, 1:16 pm
Tzruya ‘Suki’ Lahav, writer, poet and briefly Springsteen’s violinist, dies at 74
In her early 20s, before her long career as a Hebrew lyricist and author, Lahav played and sang with the E Street Band: ‘I went from kibbutz harvest music to rocking with Bruce’
By David Horovitz
From left: Yael Dotan Marom, head of the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran rehabilitation village's School of Prosthetics and Orthotics, the first in Israel, with Baruch Cohen of Kibbutz Magen's emergency response team who was wounded on October 7, 2023, and Dr. Tzaki Siev-Ner, director of the Harvey and Gloria Kaylie Rehabilitation Center, ADI Negev, on December 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
January 11, 2026, 5:12 am
Home to thousands of amputees, Israel is no longer missing a school to train prosthetists
School of Prosthetics and Orthotics at ADI Negev rehabilitation village addresses a long-standing need for both patients and practitioners, who were previously forced to go abroad
By Diana Bletter
Nelia and Gregory Shaver of Grineli Cheeses, their boutique cheesemaking business that they opened in the Golan Heights on October 6, 2023, the day before the October 7 Hamas attack (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2025, 7:28 am
As winds of war die down, Golan gears up for long-awaited return of tourists
With Hezbollah licking its wounds and Syria no longer a threat, businesses are hoping Israelis will again flock to land of lavender farms, glamping, wineries and artisanal cheese
By Jessica Steinberg
A child helps plant a new vineyard at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom in this undated promotional image (Courtesy/Kerem Shalom)
May 30, 2025, 8:35 am
Looking to slow life down and join a kibbutz? It’ll cost you
Once Zionist experiments in communal living, today’s kibbutz communities still have much to offer… for those with the right mindset and deep enough pockets
By Zev Stub
Adeb Mazal, head of the Bedouin village Arab al-Aramshe, stands in the community center that was destroyed in an April 2024 Hezbollah rocket attack on March 2, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 4, 2025, 8:28 am
Bedouin and Jewish residents who evacuated from north return home to mourn and rebuild
With schools now open, the communities of Arab al-Aramshe and neighboring Kibbutz Adamit in the Western Galilee rethink their ‘naivete’ about dangers beyond the border
By Diana Bletter
Ori Shaked holds up a charred robot vacuum in his house on Kibbutz Hanita that was destroyed in an October 13, 2023 Hezbollah rocket attack on January 6, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
January 8, 2025, 1:37 am
Inside the Lebanon-border closed military zone, kibbutz members prepare to start over
The tenuous Hezbollah ceasefire is still in place as Hanita and Rosh Hanikra residents make rare visits to their homes to salvage what few belongings are not shattered
By Diana Bletter
Former Kiryat Shmona mayor Prosper Azran stands in front of his mother's house, which had previously been destroyed by a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile in Kiryat Shmona, on December 1, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
December 2, 2024, 4:34 pm
Residents returning to Israel’s decimated far north worry their neighbors won’t come home
Some members of Kibbutz Manara return to discover widespread damage; in Kiryat Shmona, a former mayor says there should never have been an evacuation at all despite the dangers
By Diana Bletter
Dean Sweetland walks past a warehouse that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kibbutz Malkiya in northern Israel, November 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 30, 2024, 10:16 am
Northerners are wary of returning to border communities: ‘The ceasefire is rubbish’
Many residents of battered border kibbutz communities no longer have homes, others are fearful that Hezbollah will return to threaten them
By AP and ToI Staff
A house with a new reinforced room in Kibbutz Ga'aton, October 2024 (Omer Sharvit)
October 21, 2024, 9:30 am
In the absence of state funding, northern residents build their own shelters
With many in the north living in older homes without reinforced rooms, some residents spend small fortunes to construct fortified rooms as war with Hezbollah intensifies
By Omer Sharvit
Neighbors gather in front of a Kibbutz Sa'ar house that suffered a direct hit from a Hezbollah rocket attack on September 25, 2024. (Diana Bletter/The Times of Israel)
September 25, 2024, 11:38 pm
‘That could have been us,’ say Kibbutz Sa’ar residents after direct rocket hit on house
Residents describe how their pastoral home has been turned into a community of fear, where they have almost no time to respond to warning sirens of incoming rockets
By Diana Bletter
David Amzel, owner of Lechem Tene Bakery in Gesher Haziv, stands in the kibbutz with the border of Lebanon behind him on August 15, 2024. (Diana Bletter/The Times of Israel)
August 21, 2024, 10:32 am
A northern kibbutz on the edge of the evacuated zone is Israel’s new de facto border
Kibbutz Gesher Haziv residents learn to deal with a thorny reality as they try to live their daily lives alongside the threat of Hezbollah attacks
By Diana Bletter
The front and back covers of the 'Shavuot of Longing' cookbook from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum for the June 2024 holiday (Courtesy)
June 4, 2024, 12:39 pm
Hostages’ families share favorite Shavuot recipes as they hold out hope for loved ones
Hostages forum releases cookbook ‘Shavuot of Longing, Their Recipes on Our Table,’ as part of fundraising efforts to secure the freedom of those held captive in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis with family members held abducted by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since October 7 attend a Knesset National Security Committee hearing, November 20, 2023. At center is Gil Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel Gat is one of the hostages. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 5, 2024, 4:19 pm
Hostages’ relatives gain political clout as war reshapes electoral landscape
Active figures in hostage protests emerge as potential Knesset candidates, with left-wing parties likely natural fit for relatives of captives who mainly come from kibbutzim
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Music therapist Dana Shira Garai plays guitar and sings for Nadav, who was wounded defending Kibbutz Magen from Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Sheba Medical Center, October 15, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
October 17, 2023, 1:38 pm
From his hospital bed, injured kibbutznik recounts how his community fended off Hamas
Civil defense team member Nadav talks of harrowing battle with terrorists, his wife’s terrible wait to hear if he was alive and the long recovery ahead
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Load More

Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community

Sign in or Register

Paying ToI Community members are invited to comment on articles
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By joining you agree to the terms and conditions
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community
Sign in or Register
Only ToI Community members can comment below articles
Forgot your password? / Send me a login link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.
Join The Times of Israel Community
Commenting is available for paying members of The Times of Israel Community only. Please join our Community to comment and enjoy other Community benefits.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Confirm Mail
Thank you! Now check your email
You are now a member of The Times of Israel Community! We sent you an email with a login link to . Once you're set up, you can start enjoying Community benefits and commenting.
Back to top
Never miss breaking news on Israel
Get notifications to stay updated
You're subscribed
image
Register for free
and continue reading
Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.