Talk:Migvan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kibbutz Migvan, along with the 3 other Urban Kibbutzim, Tamuz, Reshit and Bet Israel are unique experiments in communal organizations. With the economic disaster of the 1980s, kibbutzim have looked to different ways to cope with the economic truths of the 21st century and lack of government backing (see Beit Oren and the Affair).

The Israel government mandated a commission to investigate the economic and social issues of the kibbutzim, and the commission came back with a report that included a definition for two types of kibbutzim: 1) traditional kibbutz 2) renewal kibbutz Based on this definition, Israelis and olim (immigrants) have searched for new ways to define the communal lifestyle, and conform to one of these two definitions.

In the late 1980s, groups formed within urban areas, such as Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Sderot, that sought to take part in this experiment. they founded four urban kibbutzim, unique experiments in communal living.