Life in a Kibbutz

Mar 5 2024

Life in a Kibbutz

Hi there folks, My name is Roni, and I live in Israel in a Kibbutz down south called Nir Yitzhak, with my two little kids and my dear wife. Away from the holy city of Jerusalem and the modern advanced city of Tel Aviv.

We live in a different and special lifestyle based on the values of Socialism and Communism.
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Originally it meant that the member/family would pass their income to the community and get a limited budget according to their basic needs. The Kibbutz movement was established at the beginning of the 20th century when all the members worked in the Kibbutz and for the Kibbutz whether it was in the field, crop, factory, cowshed, clinic, kitchen, or dining room.

In the modern days, the Kibbutz members make their living as a household and developed profession and pay a generous portion of the community tax.

In the rural areas and the periphery, you make the best out of the wide lands and use field crops, factories, and cowsheds. More initiatives and professions became possible as technology progressed.

Nowadays, in the competitive run of modern life, it is nice to stop, slow down, and lay back. Here, away from the stress and the pressure of the big cities, you can enjoy the countryside lifestyle.

Nice modest homes with big and wide open spaces allow you to breathe and see a great platform for social activities and quality time with the family. You invest your resources and your salary in the community with high commitments and in return, you get all you need for a proper living. Great efforts, investments, and minds do their best to ensure there is always something to do and be a part of. Activities that reflect our values for all ages and interests.

In the natural fruitful and beautiful surroundings, you can also find the pool, gym, outdoor sports facilities, and members club. A mini zoo, stable, Mini amphitheater, mini market, dancing bar, coffee shop, home restaurant and more.

We even have our big dining hall that provides great and healthy meals for the community daily. The dining hall also functions as a center for many activities and a place to meet and see everyone

Here in the Kibbutz we hold and run our special education system. The education here is value-based educational system that takes into account the needs of the child according to his age and developmental stages.

The system considers itself responsible for the education and nurturing of the children absorbed in it from infancy to the end of 12th grade.

Starting in early childhood, infants and children are educated from the age of six months to the completion of compulsory kindergarten.

Our Kibutz, Nir Itzhak, is located about 90 minutes drive south of Tel Aviv, and only 3 miles from the Gaza border. You will find the most peaceful and friendly place you can imagine. The strong united community allows us to strengthen and face any challenge as well as the proximity to the hot and controversial area of The Gaza Strip.

The intimate frame sets the goals to provide the children with a nurturing, safe, and focused environment that fits the various developmental needs of the child and his or her parents. All efforts are focused on providing a personal response to the child and his family, with a high care ratio carefully maintained and supported.

Instead of going to the mall for shopping, we take the bicycles with the kids to the fields.

We pick oranges in the grove, dig for potatoes in the field, pick mangoes in the plantation, and pull the carrots too. We the kids and adults consume and enjoy what we grow and work for. They know where and how things grow and not just buy and pay. We skip the global economic cycle and eat and love what we have.

Above and beyond you will find kind, open, and friendly people who are community members and actual friends. We are here to support one another in everyday life, seeing and celebrating together and in times of solidarity too.

The united community and the members of our Kibutz are the best neighbors and friends one can wish for.

Next time you take a long flight to visit Tel Aviv or Jerusalem with My Israel Guide, drive south to Ben Gurion’s flourish Negev and come to say hello at my house in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak.