Kibbutz
Israeli security seen next to burnt cars at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri, near the Israeli-Gaza Border, in southern Israel, Oct. 9, 2023. (AJNUK: Yossi Zamir/Flash90) רחבות ברזל
November 13, 2023, 10:15 am
‘I was captured by Hamas. They killed 120 on my kibbutz. Somehow I survived’
What Adi Efrat saw and heard at Be'eri on Saturday 7 October will haunt her forever. This is her story.
By Michelle Rosenberg
(JTA) Gili Okev sits outside his ruined house in Kfar Aza, Israel, a month after Hamas terrorists invaded and killed many of his neighbors. He doesn't know why he was spared. (Deborah Danan)
November 8, 2023, 1:30 pm
1 month after Oct. 7 massacre, the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza testify to its horrors
One month after their bucolic kibbutz turned into a site of carnage, Hanan Dann and Gili Okev returned for a brief visit.
By Deborah Danan
An IDF soldier prepares to remove the bodies of Israelis killed during the October 7 attack by Palestinian terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP
November 2, 2023, 1:45 pm
The shattering of an idyllic peace
Ronit Fraid wrote the following after a 2013 trip to Israel. Ten years later, the events of October 7 have brought its relevance sharply into focus.
By Ronit Fraid
IDF soldiers remove the body of an Israeli killed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, on October 10. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP
October 19, 2023, 2:30 pm
The nightmare at Kibbutz Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza resident Keren Lewinsohn delivered this speech at the communal solidarity event held in Melbourne last Friday.
By AJN STAFF
Kibbutz Nir David.
August 28, 2022, 9:00 am
Pushing people to greener pastures
Israelis looking for a very different kind of community are continuing to move out of cities and into collective settlements, even as (almost) post-COVID normalcy returns, meaning membership is rising at kibbutzim around Israel.
By Danielle Nagler
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