Kibbutz

Who was Amiram Cooper, one of Kibbutz Nir Oz's founders murdered in Hamas captivity? - explainer

One of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz, Amiram Cooper, was a poet born in Haifa before the founding of the modern State of Israel. His remains were brought back from Gaza.

Slain hostage Amiram Cooper.
The kibbutz serves as a unique model of an ecological cooperative community

Jordanian lawyer disbarred for representing Israeli kibbutz in business dispute

A STILL FROM ‘Kfar Aza – 95% Heaven.’

TV Time: from stories of October 7 to Baz Luhrmann classics

Released hostage Omri Miran waves the Israeli flag as he arrives to Ichilov hospital, October 13, 2025.

Former hostage Omri Miran thanks Israeli public for their 'struggle' in returning him home


A kibbutz in the south joins the list of the best tourism villages in the world

The ecological and cooperative Kibbutz Neot Semadar was selected from among 270 nominations for the UN Tourism organization’s Best Tourism Villages list.

Kibbutz Neot Semadar was selected for the UN Tourism organization’s Best Tourism Villages list

Cleveland and Kissufim mark October 7 as almost all kibbutz members prepare to return by summer

The ceremony with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland saw 1,200 people gather to remember those who lost their lives in the Hamas-led 2023 attack.

1,200 flags planted in Kibbutz Nir Oz to commemorate the victims of October 7.

Two years later, October 7 remains an ongoing trauma for Israel and world Jewry - comment

In Israel, everyone knows someone who was killed, or maimed, or has one degree of separation from those taken hostage, and for Jews abroad, the suffering of Jews is a Jewish concern.

Cleaning the Dizengoff fountain from old photographs of the victims of the Octoner 7 massacre, and placing new ones ahead of the 2 year memorial of the massacre, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2025.

IDF Oct. 7 probe finds military acted professionally, appropriately to defend Kibbutz Nir Am

The probe's findings found that soldiers acted appropriately, fighting with courage, and seeking to join the frontlines, in order to prevent terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force from infiltrating.

The safe room at the Kibbutz Nir Am's hatchery damaged during the October 7 massacre, pictured December 30, 2023.

IDF Oct. 7 probe finds IDF failed to defend Kibbutz Gevim, terrorists failed to infiltrate kibbutz

The military singled out the efforts of the kibbutz's security coordinator for his role in preventing the terror infiltration by continuing to return fire despite being wounded.

Civilians, including journalists, take cover behind cars as IDF soldiers clash with infiltrating terrorists on Highway 34, near Kibbutz Gevim, October 7, 2023.

A Torah scroll destined for its kibbutz destination

How a Maine state senator helped bring a Torah scroll from rural Maine to Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu.

HAROLD SILVERMAN with the Calais Torah scroll at the dedication ceremony in Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, Sept. 1999.

Nationalist Vandalism in the North

Hashomer HaChadash Assists Megiddo Regional Council and Farmers After Fence Destruction

Grazing-land fences in the Megiddo region requiring repair

60 years since the founding of Netafim: President Herzog visited Kibbutz Hatzerim

President Herzog visited the place where the company was founded, which since its establishment has become the largest irrigation company in the world.

Netafim’s President and CEO, Gaby Miodownik, presented the president with the first dripper developed by the company

Kibbutz Nir Oz launches first housing project since October 7 massacre

The new development is the first to be built in the kibbutz since the October 7 attacks. It will house residents who have chosen to return despite the kibbutz not yet being fully rehabilitated.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Security forces thwart suspected terrorist armed with a knife from carrying out stabbing attack

The suspected terrorist, a Palestinian from Tulkarm, came to the entrance of the kibbutz with a knife.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Gal Gadot visits sites of the October 7 massacre to honor the victims

Gal Gadot receives the International Leadership award from ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt at ADL Never Is Now at Javits Center on March 04, 2025 in New York City.