| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day 07:29 - Jan 27 with 2217 views | GlasgowBlue |
Never forget and never again. |  |
| |  |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 18:52 - Jan 27 with 471 views | PhilTWTD |
Thought this thread from Hugo Rifkind was quite affecting.
|  | | |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 18:54 - Jan 27 with 463 views | brogansnose |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 12:26 - Jan 27 by Lord_Lucan |
What Kibbutz were you in?
I went to Hazorea and Gan Shmuel (sp) in the 80's |
Nir Yitzhak and a moshav on the road to Yotvata. Was there in 1984. |  | | |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 19:02 - Jan 27 with 440 views | Ryorry |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 18:54 - Jan 27 by brogansnose |
Nir Yitzhak and a moshav on the road to Yotvata. Was there in 1984. |
Ha Ogen in the 1970s - planting & weeding their famous melons!
Wanted to see more of others, so also spent a few weeks on one in the Golan Heights and one in the Negev desert, where I had a similar experience to FBI - went for a stroll out of the kibbutz, only half a mile or so, didn't realise how close to the border that was (no fence etc. visible). Got roundly yelled at & told not to be such an eejit by Israeli forces from a few hundred yards away!  |  |
| |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 19:09 - Jan 27 with 433 views | solomon |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 17:42 - Jan 27 by GlasgowBlue |
I'm sitting here lost for words after reading that. |
Me too, today is a day of quiet reflection for so many all over the world. Our feelings of sorrow give way to hope and a belief this will never be repeated again. |  | | |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 19:16 - Jan 27 with 427 views | chicoazul |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 12:51 - Jan 27 by Lord_Lucan |
I only spent a week in each as believe it or not I used to be in the aquatic trade as a younger man and import goldfish and koi carp from them. They had massive production facilities and they just started in the game. Fast forward to now and they have completely blitzed Japan and USA as the major aquatic production for coldwater ornamentals in the world and they are now making inroads on Singapores dominance for Tropicals.
What I found impressive that everything they used right down to the bags, boxes and bands were produced in the Kibbutz or another Kibbutz. They even bred and reared crocodiles - probably for handbags.
I think most of the Kibbutz production was oranges though and they had designed and made photodegradable plastic bags which from memory they tied round parts of the tree to help growth - I think it was a revolutionary design - or so they told me.
All very interesting, very brainy people. They used to visit UK a couple of times a year and one of the older guys spent all his time eating bacon sandwiches. |
Imagine you become very resourceful and self sufficient when you’re surrounded by enemies and the sea. |  |
| |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 19:53 - Jan 27 with 363 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Today is Holocaust Memorial Day on 19:16 - Jan 27 by chicoazul |
Imagine you become very resourceful and self sufficient when you’re surrounded by enemies and the sea. |
I think there is a point to that for sure but also because as a race, community, religion (covered all basis there I think) they have a historical attitude of only buying from themselves whenever possible.
The Kibbutz thing is also a way of life, in many aspects it's perfect communism. All profits go into their system and no one has a wage as such (maybe a bit of pin money, I don't know). If you smoke they give you fags, if you want to drive somewhere you take a car for the day. Everything is provided and even the big bosses take their turn washing up along with the riff raff.
The more you move up the ladder the better accommodation you get.
It would drive me nuts but they like it and that's all that matters. |  |
| |
| |
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
