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“…to each according to his ability,” meaning significantly to the building of the country, by
differential income. The stress now was more on populating and developing outlying areas, settling
the individual in the community and less on the the border areas, and ensuring agricultural
community itself, while at the same time production. All this, not to mention the
maintaining some measure of equality by contribution made to the armed forces in the way
increasing the taxes of the higher income of quality manpower, i.e., the number of pilots
members and officers was out of all proportion to the

For ten years I worked in the fields, ploughing, kibbutz population in the country. The kibbutz
sowing and reaping, and repairing tractors in the was mobilized for the good of all.
garage. Following my demobilisation from the But as with the best ideas in the world, human
army after the Yom Kippur War in 1974 and after beings prevented the kibbutz from becoming a
having read the book by Amya Lieblich, “Kibbutz utopia, and from this point of view, my father was
Makom,” and the "Third Wave" by Alvin Topler, right. I have now grown up and I understand that
I began to see the writing on the wall. I the change in kibbutz became a must, in order to
underwent a metamorphosis when I went to study make it more congenial and acceptable to homo-
at Haifa University and I became a teacher. The sapiens.
change that I underwent reflected the change in “Be strong and of a good courage.”
the kibbutz generally.

The kibbutz as it was seemed a good idea at the
time and there is no doubt that it contributed

Irgun Bogrei Habonim
With regret we report the death of our chaverim
ךורב םרכז יהי

Ian Lemco London
Johnny Abrahams London (East End), North London Peleg, Kibbutz Matsuva, Haifa
Eric Sotto Austria, London, Tivon
Joyce (nee Linskill) Rivlin Glasgow, Liverpool Peleg, Ramat Hasharon
Zvi Rosenberg London, David Eder Farm, Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi, Ashkelon
Herbert Mesner Vienna, South London, Haifa
Alfie Nathan East London, David Eder Farm (Kent), Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi, Illinois USA

We extend our condolences to their families

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