Kibbutz

WATCH: In burned-out Be’eri homes, Magen 48 prepares local responders for future attacks

Magen 48 says its mission is to ensure that Israeli communities are ready to defend themselves until army forces arrive.

 Magen 48 trains local security teams within the burnt ruins of Kibbutz Be’eri.
Young adults sit beside winter umbrellas on the forest-side deck at Slowness, soaking in the quiet, pastoral atmosphere as soft sunlight filters through the trees.

Slowness: The healing village in Israel's Lower Galilee that restores body and mind

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.

Jewish extremist attacks in the West Bank threaten Israel’s legitimacy - opinion

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Resilience on the frontlines: A year after returning to Kibbutz Dafna - opinion


This week in Jewish history: UN votes in favor of Israel, first kibbutz founded

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

 DEGANIA ALEF in 2008. The second child born on the kibbutz was to become Israeli general and politician Moshe Dayan.

Tambour leads restoration project for dozens of public buildings for children and youth in Israel’s

Tambour has donated paint and construction materials worth millions of shekels, rallying dozens of designers to help restore kindergartens, schools, and other public spaces in the south of Israel.

 Tambour

My takeaway from the Sukkot holiday - opinion

One of the participants held a Torah scroll in his arms and danced with it, his face glowing. He said to me: "Last year, look where we danced. And today, look where we are dancing…"

Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall during the Cohen Benediction priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 20, 2024

Grapevine October 27, 2024: Perpetuating a name

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MEIR SADEH (left) with Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avihay Shteren.

Returning home: How are Gaza border area residents rebuilding on the ashes of the past?

A year after October 7, some residents of the Gaza border area have returned to rebuild their lives on the ashes of the past, while others still long to return home.

 Rita Lifshitz at her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Israeli coming-of-age story ‘Sweet Mud’ heads to Netflix

The story’s primary focus is 12-year-old Dvir and his mother, Miri, who loves him but struggles to function, and who is considered an annoyance by most of the kibbutz members.

 A SCENE from Dror Shaul’s ‘Sweet Mud.’

'We would be alone in a catastrophe': Arava, Eilot regional council residents fear Oct. 7 scenario

Amid growing concerns from the residents of the Arava about infiltrations along the Jordanian border, the head of the Eilot Regional Council: "We are calling on the Israeli government to allocate res

 THE RABIN ARAVA crossing between Jordan and Israel, north of Eilat.

Missing home: Kibbutz Kissufim commemorates October 7, one year on

I lived in Kissufim for three years through the lone soldier program "Garin Tzabar," and for many of us, this place was our first and most formative home in Israel.

 A member of Kibbutz Kissufim looking at pictures of those lost on October 7, 2023; October 2024.

Seeing is believing: The truth of the IDF's conduct in Gaza, Hamas's brutality on Oct. 7 - opinion

A British general witnessed the truth of the IDF's conduct in Gaza, and Anglo Israelis saw the realities of the horror of October 7.

 An SUV with a photo of Ben Binyamin Shimoni.

UTJ member: Leftist kibbutz members are responsible for October 7, should not come to memorial

In the article Menachem Klugman directly blamed the kibbutz members for failing to prevent October 7.

 Charred building in Kibbutz Nir Oz