Kibbutz

Nature without barriers: Lotem transforms outdoor experiences for people with disabilities

With wartime keeping Israelis in shelters and indoors, spending time in nature is crucial and the Lotem organization is making sure the same opportunities are there for people with disabilities.

NATURE VISIT with Ilan organization families.
Netafim's new plant.

Netafim, Israel's drip irrigation developers, opens biggest manufacturing plant to date in Mexico

A SIGN points to Kibbutz Kissufim, and a yellow car is a reminder of the struggle to return the hostages.

Editor's Notes: Kibbutzim are showing Israelis how to bridge the religious divide

 Kfar Azza faces the task of rebuilding its community.

Bereaved families petition High Court to preserve Kfar Aza massacre site


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

If you could choose any billboard to hang in Tel Aviv, which would you pick?

Beyond the headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

 A large billboard with the words "Never Again" above the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023.

48 hours in the longest land in Israel - the Arava

48 hours in the Arava: Treats for the body and the guts in the desert heat. Sunset magic and desert breeze await in Israel's longest land.

 Kibbutz Lotan lantern excursion

More Israeli artists refuse to perform at October 7 memorial ceremony sparking controversy

Several Israeli artists refused to perform at the October 7 memorial, sparking controversy.

 View of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 2, 2023