Kibbutz volunteering
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One option for volunteering in Israel is volunteering in a kibbutz. A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: קיבוצים kibbutzim) is (or was) a rural socialist community. There are over 250 kibbutzim around Israel.
UnderstandKibbutzim started out as a Zionist way of making the socialist dream become a reality in the still-stateless Land of Israel in the early 20th century.
List of kibbutzimThe following is a list of kibbutzim by region, from north to south. Since the landscape is very different across Israel, the region has an impact on the experience:
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Kibbutz volunteering" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Amos Meron, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons