When you hear the word Kibbutz, perhaps you’re like me and you invision a collective of people working on a farm. Perhaps somewhere someone told us a story or we saw a picture of what a kibbutz looked like, long ago. But what about today’s Kibbutz, as times change, and people start to use the term privatized? With the help of a few guests and different experiences, we explore this very complex topic.
Guests:
Jason Weill, in Seattle
Hanna Braun, via email from England
Hezi, at Kibbutz Givat Brenner
Topics:
- The inspiration and original purpose of the Kubbutz movement
- The way of life, past and present
- Money, housing, family, and work
- the politics of a kibbutz
- relations with the government and outsiders
- the privatization and sustainability
- factories and new businesses
- changes and the future
- arms caches and membership
- plenty more, dont just read notes, listen to the show
Music:
K’Naan – In My Own Home
Joe Strummer – (I forget the title from Global A-Gogo)
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High (why not?)
Podcast: Download
[...] Mark of BicycleMark’s Communique wrote to me last week: he found my writings about Israel last year and asked if I would like to talk to him about the experience. Mark’s podcast covers “undereported news and global concerns.” Both I and my cousin Hezi spoke with Mark about kibbutzim in Israel and Mark’s podcast featuring our interviews is now available. It’s my first podcast interview ever and forgive me if I sound tired; because of time differences I spoke with Mark at about 8:00 AM Pacific time. Thanks to Mark for helping to shed some light on the kibbutz system for his listeners! [...]