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With All Their Might – Kibbutz Ovadia in Slawków

Yochanan Ben-Yaacov

Kibbutz Ovadia’s unique blend of “Torah and Avoda,” learning and labor, served as a model for religious kibbutzim forming in prestate Israel and beyond – but the demands of this Polish Jewish collective experiment took...

ArticlesIssue 67 | December 2023PioneersPolandPre-state of IsraelZionism

Singlehanded – Yosef Trumpeldor

Amit Assis

Though most famous as the one-armed defender of Tel Hai, Yosef Trumpeldor was also a Russian patriot, dentist, and pre-kibbutz pioneer of agricultural collectives in the land of Israel. He also cofounded the Jewish Legion,...

ArticlesIssue 67 | December 2023Land of IsraelPioneersPre-state of IsraelZionism

Return of the Spies – Nili

Yemima Hovav

In the dark days of World War I, members of the Nili spy ring foresaw the new order emerging in the Middle East and opted to work with the British, despite all the risks. To...

ArticlesIssue 23 | October 2014PioneersPre-state of IsraelWomenWW1Zionism

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With All Their Might – Kibbutz Ovadia in Slawków

Singlehanded – Yosef Trumpeldor

Return of the Spies – Nili

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With All Their Might – Kibbutz Ovadia in Slawków

Singlehanded – Yosef Trumpeldor

Return of the Spies – Nili

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