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Israel used carrier pigeons to ferry messages from the battlefield to Israeli military headquarters during the 1948 war. (Courtesy)
From the WebApril 17, 2018, 10:16 pm
Kibbutz celebrates carrier pigeons’ role in 1948 victory
A newly restored dovecot at Givat Brenner educates on some of the War of Independence's lesser known heroes, Reuters reports
Camels rest at the night camp after grazing in the open all day near Kibbutz Kalya, in the West Bank, February 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 18, 2018, 2:47 pm
Bedouin revert to nomadic lifestyle for camel birthing season
Men leave modern life behind and bring sons and hundreds of camels to area near Kibbutz Kalya by the Dead Sea to continue ancient traditions
By Oded Balilty
American singer and film star Elvis Presley, circa 1975 (Keystone/Getty Images)
February 11, 2018, 2:42 pm
40 years of Elvis in the Judean Hills
What a little diner paying tribute to the King says about Israel's place in the global arena
By Bill Slott
Youth Aliya members from Germany dancing the hora at Kibbutz Ein Harod, 1936 (Kluger Zoltan/GPO)
December 31, 2017, 11:55 am
Claiming to be Israel’s first startup ventures, kibbutzim jump on tech bandwagon
Cooperatives are investing in startups, providing them test beds for their technologies, and setting up their own ventures
By Shoshanna Solomon
Alison Pick (Emma Lee Photography)
October 21, 2017, 6:12 am
Acclaimed Canadian author explores dark side of pioneers’ Zionist utopia
On first Israel visit, Alison Pick delves into human drama of early 1920s kibbutz life to write her compelling new novel, 'Strangers with the Same Dream'
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Somjit, a Buddhist Thai worker at kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, harvests lulavs ahead of Sukkot, September 27, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 4, 2017, 8:34 am
Largest lulav-harvesting kibbutz has fronds in high places
Tirat Zvi has perfected the art of the palm frond, part of the lucrative Four Species industry that flourishes for one week out of the year, during the festival of Sukkot
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
Workers sitting on tractor on Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel, October 2016. (Courtesy of Ran Ferdman)
August 16, 2017, 4:46 am
Can medical marijuana revive Israel’s kibbutz movement?
After decades of stagnation, the communities are betting big on the herb
By Andrew Tobin
A man looks at a sign for the 50th anniversary celebrations of Kfar Etzion at the entrance to Kfar Etzion, in the West Bank on January 30, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 3, 2017, 8:31 am
Residents of historic Israeli settlement say they have returned home
After the Six Day War, former residents of Kfar Etzion seized the opportunity to resettle the West Bank kibbutz
By Michael Blum
May 23, 2017, 3:58 pm
June 4, 1967
What happens when you heed Ben-Gurion’s call to fight for Israel -- and why winning takes longer than six days
By Peter Geffen
A wind farm near Kibbutz Ein Zivan on the Golan Heights (Flash90)
March 25, 2017, 7:30 am
Kibbutz movement to celebrate 50 years of settlements in Golan
Left-wing members protest event, saying 'celebrating occupation' is wrong
By JTA
Yael Neeman grew up as part of an extreme communal 'experiment' on Kibbutz Yehiam. (Courtesy)
November 13, 2016, 6:45 am
In the kibbutz children’s house, we grew up speaking in plural, writes memoirist
Newly released in English, Israeli Yael Neeman's portrait of her 1960s Socialist childhood is ripe to resonate with US Millennials exploring communal living
By Jen Maidenberg
At the ordination ceremony for the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis, Rabba Noga Brenner Samia accepts her certificate from Rabbi Donniel Hartman of the Shalom Hartman Center and Dr. Moti Zeira, CEO of HaMidrasha at Oranim on September 20, 2016. (Netanel Tobias)
September 23, 2016, 3:12 pm
Jerusalem ordination of secular Jews seeks to ‘redeem’ the word ‘rabbi’
Egalitarian and pluralistic, the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis is set to lead Israelis in the promised land on their own terms
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Kibbutz secretary Jossef (Joha) Engel near ruins dating back to the 8th century BCE at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 17, 2016, 8:52 am
The kibbutz outside Jerusalem built atop an ancient palace
Ramat Rachel's Archaeological Gardens tell the story of the Roman legionnaires, Judean kings and Assyrian conquerors, and others who lived and built there
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Roni Dotan and his cherries, carefully cultivated over the last 14 years at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 1, 2016, 1:37 pm
Cherry-picking a piece of history at Ramat Rachel
The kibbutz, which once protected Jerusalem's south from Jordanian troops, is now letting in locals to glean its organic fruit
By Jessica Steinberg
Author Helen Maryles Shankman brings X-Men sensibilities to Holocaust horrors in Wlodawa, Poland. (courtesy)
May 27, 2016, 5:31 pm
Raised with miracle of parents’ survival, author writes magical Holocaust tales
With the X-Men and vampires as her influences, Helen Maryles Shankman brings 'fabulist' realism to Wlodawa, Poland
By Matt Lebovic
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