Urban kibbutz

Urban kibbutz

An urban kibbutz ( _he. קיבוץ עירוני, "Kibbutz Ironi") is a form of kibbutz which is located within an existing city. There are currently just over 100 in Israel, totalling around 2,000 members. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=947489&contrassID=0&subContrassID=0 What is an urban kibbutz?] Haaretz]

Although there were attempts to form urban kibbutzim in the early 20th century, their success was limited and most failed. [ [http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/columnists/reinharz/?content_id=2834 An Urban Kibbutz in Jerusalem] The Jewish Advocate, 7 March 2008] The idea was revived in the 1970s when they were established as co-operative communities by former kibbutz members and Nahal graduates. They were created as a way of retaining the kibbutz lifestyle whilst moving into mainstream society, but more recently have been seen as a way of combatting social problems; in Haifa the city council asked members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth group to form an urban kibbutz in the Hadar neighbourhood in order to work with at-risk children. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/806078.html Urban kibbutz youth steer at-risk teens away from life of crime] Haaretz, 27 December 2006]

Some standard kibbutzim such as Mesilot began as urban kibbutzim, whilst the urban kibbutz in Gedera was the first Ethiopian kibbutz in the country. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/947484.html First kibbutz for Ethiopian immigrants opens in Gedera] Haaretz, 23 January 2008]

List of urban kibbutzim

*Beit Yisrael in Jerusalem
*Migvan in Sderot
*Reshit in Jerusalem
*Shomrei HaShalom, a Black Hebrew kibbutz in Dimona
*Tamuz in Beit Shemesh

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