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kibbutz

[ki-boots, -boots] / kɪˈbʊts, -ˈbuts /
NOUN
collective farm
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Soon after, Wiesel’s eccentric instructor makes his way to Israel where, like an itinerant preacher, he speaks to enthusiastic audiences at one kibbutz after another.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Benn said he is a "deeply committed anti-fascist" and lived on a kibbutz, a community in Israel, for many months in the 1970s.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

In April, the kibbutz opened a new neighbourhood of 16 housing units earmarked for younger people, to replace the old youth quarter destroyed in the attack.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

The Joshis watched as other governments—from Thailand to the Philippines—retrieved migrant farmworkers, including some who had harvested fruit on the same kibbutz as Bipin.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

According to them, we're Palestinian Jews, born and married in Jerusalem, living on a kibbutz near Nahariya.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

That program led to the establishment of many kibbutzim, or agricultural communities, in Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

Before the war, kibbutzim residents tried to help Gazans, hiring them for jobs or and taking them for medical treatments.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

It is one of a small number of kibbutzim in Israel that still operates as a collective.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2024

Scores of Jews from around the world are visiting Israel to tour the grounds of the Nova music festival and burned out kibbutzim, bearing witness and reflecting on the Oct.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2024

All the time, in fact, in the meetings, special concerts, gatherings with other kibbutzim.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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