Kibbutz

One culture that varies distinctly from ours in regards to child rearing is that of the kibbutz. Located in Israel, kibbutz are voluntary communal settlements, established on the principles of equality, cooperation and collective ownership. In adherence to these principles children within a kibbutz are raised communally. This means that the biological parents are not solely responsible for the education, health, or finances of their child. Founders of the kibbutz way of life felt this was favorable because it allowed for equality of the sexes, by liberating women of their traditional matriarch role, as well as eliminating the dependence on a male father figure to provide for the household, which is common in patriarchal societies. Communal child rearing within a kibbutz begins with newborns. Kibbutz babies go from the hospital directly to the babies’ house. The babies’ house is…

by playing a monument part in the creation and professor of zionism. Unlike his colleagues Bialik and Herzel he focused on the language of the bible, the language in which the jewish people had first defined itself. Ben-Yehuda believed that as jews we need to separate from the rest of the world and carry ourselves differently. he wholeheartedly believed in zionism and the creation of a jewish state. He wrote to his future wife that it was necessary that the jewish people have a language.…

they need to be exposed to other peers to learn how to communicate and understand each other than just their parents and siblings Because children start communicating as ealry as 6 months peer relationship play an important role in infant interaction. I know that Bowlby stands on that young children should not be separated from their mothers at a certain age in order to maintain attachment but children who are two need to learn independecy as well, it helps build their character and after some…

The photographers Cecil Beaton and Annie Leibonvitz are both photographers that do portraits of others and do amazing work. They do portraits of famous people who were famous during there time or famous even now. Annie Leibonvitz was born October 2, 1949 in Waterbury Connecticut. She had six other siblings and her parents are Sam Leibovitz, an air force lieutenant and Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor. In 1967, Leibovitz enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, where she was…

Armed resistance Hannah Szenes was a remarkably brave woman who worked to defeat the Nazis in World War II. She was born in 1921 in Budapest and she herself had Jewish descent. She moved to Palestine in 1939 and studied at Nahalah Agricultural School and then Kibbutz Sedot Yam. She heard about the situation in Germany and surrounding countries and Hitler’s dictatorship. Yearning to make a difference in the war, and aid fellow Jews she left the safety of her home to join the British Army. 30,000…

On the other side of the debate exists the nurture argument that states that how you’re raised and the environment around you play the most important role when determining gender identity. Since gender is something that is molded in some senses by our surroundings and society, people believed that nurture was the one true determinant in regards to gender identity. A study performed in Israel to test how social environments impacted our gender identity compared two groups of adolescents, those…

Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbury Connecticut. She first became interested in art while attending Northwood High School where she wrote and played music. She then studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. After living on an Israeli kibbutz for a short period of time, Leibovitz returned to the United States and started working for Rolling Stone magazine. When she started working for Rolling Stone magazine, she worked as a staff photographer. At the age of 23,…

criticised for her actions, she resigned in 1974. Golda Meir was born on May the 3rd 1898 in Kiev Russia, where she faced a childhood of numerous violent racial attacks against Jews, carried out by Pogroms. When she was eight Meir and her family migrated to the United States (US) seeking a better life. During her time in the US, Meir attended many Zionist organisations, including the first convention of the American Jewish Congress, before leaving for Palestine in 1921. Golda Meir’s rise to…

the Land of Israel, in gathering of the exiles, and liberation of Jews from the anti-Semitic discrimination and persecution that occurred in their Diaspora. In a sense of Jews with their own nation taking care of their own for their own cause. The waters were muddied and the movement took on many ideologies, and had evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General Zionism, Religious Zionism, Labor Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, Green Zionism sides two distinct sides were the root…

regular Arab armies. Taking risks, he invested in young military leaders (Yadin Yigal, Dayan Moshe, and Rabin Yitzhak ) whom he personally mentored . Due to his leadership capabilities and his commitment towards collective survival, he mobilized and led the Jews in combat operations which resulted in victory . Ben-Gurion’s role as a key leader contributed to the solid foundation of the Jewish state of Palestine. Due to his leadership, Israel found its place in the middle of the Arab world, and…