kibbutz

IPA: kɪbˈʊts

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

Examples of "kibbutz" in Sentences

LAMB: Define three things: the word kibbutz, kibbutzim and kibbutznik.
FRANKEL: A kibbutz is a communal, originally agricultural, collective.
As I explained in my last post, the kibbutz is a thoroughly socialist place.
The kibbutz is an idea that grew out of the requirements of a state-in-waiting in the early 20th century.
And this is a guy named Max Nathans (ph), who lives on an kibbutz, which is an Israeli communal settlement.
A root with a similar meaning, kibits, survives in modern Hebrew in the word kibbutz and the verb, to gather.
You have a decent point, but remember that the second and third generation people who grew up in the kibbutz are the ones who want to get out.
When Israel became independent, the Labor-Zionist movement was the dominant political movement, and the kibbutz was the vanguard of the Labor-Zionist movement.
The needs of the kibbutz were the deciding factor, and because of the shortage of young women there was always a compelling reason to direct them to the service professions, even if they had been trained in agricultural work.