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| Pioneers in Israel |
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| Paioneers in Migdal 1912 |
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Israel Ramble letters
Pioneers, love and meeting a stranger
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Dear friend,
A friend asked me what is this Kibbutz thing anyway, so I told him I will Ramble about it. see below. desclamer: What I write in these Rambles is for the best of my knowledge. I am trying to pass on the feeling of things rather than the historical or current accurate reality. Photos featuring pioneers in Israel early 20th century.
Have a great day,
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| What is a Kibbutz anyway |
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| pioneers in the fields |
"The Kibbutz is not what it used to be" people said in 1912, only 2 years after Degania, the first Kibbutz was born.
There were 3 waves of Jewish immigrants to Israel. The Kibbutzim were a result of the 2nd and 3rd.
Young men and women, boys and girls really, 16, 17, 18 years old left their families in Europe, left there way of life behind and came to the land. Apparently moved by historical forces, and strong ideologies which was brewing everywhere at the turn of the 20th centaury, they believed they can make a difference, not only creating a new kind of Jewish person and Jewish community life but a new kind of a human, a new template for life .
Being practically orphans they organized into nomadic groups of fields hands. They lived in communes. They worked hard during the day, discussing ideologies and dancing through the nights. They were mostly men but also women. They came to Israel because they felt Jewish people need to be able to protect themselves and have there own life.
The "Mecca" of this budding movement became the Kineret Agriculture Farm , right above the lake, where these groups start gathering, working through the days, talking and dancing through the nights, polishing and honing the ideology that will eventually give rise to the Kibbutzim movement, they were the pathfinders, the first pioneers and they had their "gurus", who were older than them and were organizing the philosophical base for the movement which will eventually be known as the Kibbutz.
There was also the 3rd wave of Jewish immigrants right after WW1 which created a new kind of Kibbutz, but that is for a different Ramble.
Shabbat Shalom,
Boaz Pnini
Bridges 2 Israel
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Israelis love Iranians - The birth of a new meme
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The easiest way is to be cynical, but who said there is no hope, there is. and the hope is that things can be different and younger Israelis sees that, I believe and respond in new ways, it is going to be their world soon, so lets see what they have to say, yes? Click here and click here
The only Iranians I ever met were very kind people. and no Iranian ever harm me, so why would I feel any hatred, I do not.
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Meeting a stranger at 30,000 feet
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| Haredim youth in Jerusalem |
On my last flight to Israel the passenger next to me whispered in my ear a request. Could I possibly switch seats with him. He wanted to sit next to the window, not because of the view but because he was a "haredi" and was not allowed to seat next to a women. After considering his request for 2 seconds I said no. The reason was that I made a great effort to get that seat and I am not giving it up, I love looking through the window and I get claustrophobic sitting in the middle, or in other words, I did not want to.
We had a fascinating few hours conversation when I was trying to get a glimpse of a world I only heard about but never actually met. Not being critical is the key. How could I know I will not have turned to be exactly like him or even worse (or better - depending on your viewpoint), have I had the same kind of isolated upbringing, never reading a newspaper or watching TV or reading a secular book.
Actually he lives in a very coherent world with fewer contradictions than most of us have, living in what we call normal life. From his stand point, I learnt, the Israeli state is not an advantage nor a hindrance, it is the current situation and it is in service to the real thing which is Torah study which gives a reason to life itself and is the only real thing.
I asked him what will happen if everyone will be like the Haredim, not serving in the army nor serving the country in any way. He said it is not a big deal, we will get along with the Arabs and if that is not possible then we will simply move back to were we came from, Russia. For him it was not of consequence who is ruling the area of Israel as long as Torah can be studied. "And why should I waste my time on anything rather than the only thing that matters"
He was very surprise to hear that synagogues where women are equal to men actually exist, let alone that women can lead services. He was very kind and explain his world very succinctly, I would not like to take it out of context, so I will live it in that. But we did have a very long conversation in which he explains his Haredi life philosophy.
I highly recommend trying sometimes to listen to someone who has completely different views, attempting to see the world through their eyes. So, good luck with that.
Boaz Pnini
Bridges 2 Israel
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Lake kineret corner
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As I write these lines, the kineret is 137 centimeters above the red line, and it is a rainy day with snow on mount Hermon. It had been a good winter for water and the kineret.
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Philosophically speaking - what can we do about the past
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There is one thing we cannot do about the past and that is roll it back like a movie, wishing it had never happened that way, personally or collectively. What we can do is enjoy and celebrate the good parts. Then with the rest; healing, recompense, balance, understanding, learning what we won't let happen again, finding new meanings in it.
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