Kibbutz

Beyond the Headlines: The message of Ayala Shkuri - opinion

“People ask me how I am, how I’m doing. They ask how I managed to return to living alone in our home in Sderot. And I answer, ‘I’m not alone." said Ayala Shkuri

Sivan with Ayala Shkuri.
Deceased Gaza hostage Meny Godard.

Yom Kippur War veteran, grandfather, soccer lover: Who was slain hostage Meny Godard? - explainer

Slain hostage Amiram Cooper.

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

The kibbutz serves as a unique model of an ecological cooperative community

Jordanian lawyer disbarred for representing Israeli kibbutz in business dispute


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

The new Kan 11 documentary series follows the experiences of several families who lost close relatives in the massacre and who have no easy path forward. The first episode starts just after October

A STILL FROM ‘Kfar Aza – 95% Heaven.’

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

Miran said that during his time in Gaza, he imagined spending time with his daughters. He reunited with his wife Lishay and daughters Roni and Alma after he was released.

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

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.