[Jewish] Kibbutz events at JCA this week

[Tomer Stern]

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE KIBBUTZ 

JEWISH COMMUNITY OF AMHERST 

  

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH 7:00PM - 9PM 

WITH 

 PROFESSOR RAYMOND RUSSELL 

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE 

  

In 2015, Israel's kibbutzim are now more populous and more affluent than
at any time in their history; but have the kibbutzim made so many
compromises to survive in modern Israel, that they have lost their
identities as kibbutzim? Recent attempts to answer such questions
include Raymond Russell, Robert Hanneman, and Shlomo Getz, "The
Transformation of the Kibbutzim," Israel Studies 16, Volume No. 2
(Summer 2011), pp. 109-126, and by the same authors, The Renewal of the
Kibbutz: From Reform to Transformation (Rutgers University Press, 2013).


FROM PROFESSOR RUSSELLS WRITINGS  

  

_"For most of the twentieth century, Israel's kibbutzim were widely
viewed as one of the world's most successful and most long-lasting
examples of democracy in modern life. Kibbutz members lived in housing
and worked in economic ventures that they owned and managed together. In
the mid-1980s, the kibbutzim fell into bankruptcy, causing their
reputations to become tarnished, and leading them to adopt increasingly
far-reaching reforms. Kibbutzim began to require members to pay for
meals in the communal dining hall, or closed their dining halls
entirely. Many kibbutz members took jobs outside their kibbutz, while
many jobs inside the kibbutzim, including managerial positions, were
increasingly filled by nonmembers."_ 

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_How many traditional kibbutzim remained and are they successful?_ 

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_Can the "renewed" kibbutzim be considered kibbutzim?_ 

In the JCA Library. Open to the public

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 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH 2:00-4PM 

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Ms. Freilich directed, produced and wrote INVENTING OUR LIFE: The
Kibbutz Experiment, hailed by the NY Times as "fascinating;" "poignant…
and thought-provoking" by Variety; and "excellent and recommend-ed" by
NPR." 

OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC 

The film will be shown in the Social Hall of JCA
 Address: The Jewish Community of Amherst 

742 Main Street, Amherst, MA 01002 
 
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