kibbutz

Kibbutz Lotan's (kibbutzlotan.com) remote location on Route 90 allows visitors the opportunity to experience the thriving wildlife, varied flora and Bedouin culture of the surrounding region.

Meanwhile, two bullets fired from the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday slammed into an Israeli kibbutz causing damage but not injuries, a police spokesman said.

Provider of innovative products and technology to the ophthalmic lens industry Shamir Optical Industry Ltd (Nasdaq:SHMR), Kibbutz Shamir and Essilor International (NYSE:EI) (Euronext: EI), a provider of ophthalmic optical products, anounced today that they have signed an agreement under which Essilor will, through a series of transactions, acquire 50% of Shamir Optical.

Last fall, Elena Hecht, a native of NYC and Barnard College graduate, traveled halfway across the globe for a year of total immersion in movement, nature, and kibbutz culture.

Founded by a group of visionary people from Kibbutz Ketura, APC seeks to supply 10% of Israel's electricity needs through alliances with Kibbutzim and other land owners, especially in the south of the country.

Imaginatively written and delightfully illustrated by Michelle Edwards, "Chicken Man" is a third edition release of a classic children's tale about a chronically cheerful kibbutz worker in Israel named Rody who became known to all as Chicken Man.

ANADAD ELDAN is a member of Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli

GORDON Brown calls on youngsters to volunteer to work on a kibbutz during a speech to the Israeli parliament yesterday.

In Israel's early yearseven earlier, in fact, during the decades leading up to independencethe kibbutz played an integral role in creating the country's economic and political infrastructure.

Some 32,000 acres and 50 homes in the community of Mevo Modiim and Kibbutz Harel in the center of the country were consumed in the fires.

Israels kibbutz movement was certainly important--and more than that, prominent--but, contrary to conventional wisdom, it was never a central force in the Israeli economy.