Kibbutzniks in the Diaspora

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 Part One: Getting Started 15 Part Two: About Themselves 23 The Contented 28 The AmerIsraelis 35 The Searchers 47 The Discontented 72 Part Three: Permanent Temporariness 85 Togetherness 89 Hebrew Labor 94 A Failing Mark in English 97 Songs of the Homeland 100 Religion and Tradition 104 Women and Children 107 Part Four: Life Cycles 115 The Parental Home and the Kibbutz 116 The Kibbutz Educational System 127 Israel and the Jewish Heritage 134 Part Five: Push and Pull Factors 139 Epilogue 145 Appendix A: The Research Methodology 151 Appendix B: Recent Changes in the Kibbutz 157 Endnotes 161 Works Cited English 173 Hebrew 178 Index 183 vii ...