The Religious Kibbutz Movement - an introduction
The
Religious Kibbutz Movement
The
Religious Kibbutz Movement is a religious Zionist movement. There are currently
22 kibbutzim and collective moshavim in the movement, totaling approximately
10,000 people.
Movement
aims:
Sustaining
a life based on faith in the Torah that was given to the Jewish people, and
observance of its precepts, while incorporating modern cultural values within
the foundations of Torah.
A
society committed to valuing all people equally, promoting the status of women
and fairness for all people.
A
society living from the fruits of its labor which it considers to be a
fundamental value.
A
society that respects all work that contributes to the building of the world.
A
society that sustains a democratic way of life, fulfilling Zionism's goals of
settling the land, and building it materially and spiritually. Regarding itself
as committed to active involvement and responsibility for the Jewish community,
the State of Israel and the entire Jewish people.
The
economy of the Religious Kibbutz movement relies on agriculture, industry and
tourism. In recent years, several religious kibbutz communities have
experienced a trend of moderate privatization, like all communities in the
kibbutz movement.
The
economic situation of the majority of the religious kibbutz movement members is
stable and healthy.
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