Kibbutz, utopia and politics : the life and times of Meir Yaari, 1897-1987 / Aviva Halamish ; translated from the Hebrew by Lenn Schramm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halamish, Aviva, author.

Series:

Israel (Boston, Mass.)

Israel: society, culture, and history

Standardized Title:

Meʼir Yaʻari. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Yaari, Meir, 1897-1987.

Yaari, Meir.

Mifleget ha-poʻalim ha-meʼuḥedet (Israel).

Mifleget ha-poʻalim ha-meʼuḥedet (Israel).

Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel).

Ḳibuts ha-artsi ha-shomer ha-tsaʻir (Israel).

Labor Zionists--Biography.

Labor Zionists.

Halutzim--Biography.

Halutzim.

Labor Zionism--Israel.

Labor Zionism.

Israel.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 478 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brighton, MA : Aca2demic Studies Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

"Meir Yaari (1897-1987) was the leader of Hashomer Hatza'ir, a movement which took an active part in shaping the history of the Jewish people in the crucial decades of the twentieth century. Its Kibbutzim had a leading role in matters of aliyah, settlement, and defense in mandatory Palestine and then independent Israel, and its members were among the organizers of Jewish resistance and revolt during the Holocaust. This biography discusses pivotal issues in the history of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, such as the friction between Zionism and socialism, the Arab question, the absorption of new immigrants, and generation gaps and conflicts. The book blends individual and collective perspectives and never loses sight of the tension between ideology and reality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Reisha

Chapter 2: Vienna

Chapter 3: Bitaniyya Illit

Chapter 4: Founding a Kibbutz Movement

Chapter 5: A Wife and Helpmate

Chapter 6: Ideological Collectivism

Chapter 7: Facing the Catastrophe

Chapter 8: Facing the Forces of Tomorrow

Chapter 9: A Gaping Abyss

Chapter 10: Against the Current

Chapter 11: From Military Glory to Marking Time in the Opposition

Chapter 12: Unrequited Love

Chapter 13: In the Shadow of Big Brother

Chapter 14: The Kibbutz during the Transition from Yishuv to State

Chapter 15: For Zionism, for Socialism, for the Brotherhood of the Nations

and in That Order

Chapter 16: Fractured Beliefs

Chapter 17: The Rebellion of the Sons

Chapter 18: A Dove with Folded Wings

Chapter 19: Twilight

Chapter 20: Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Halamish, Aviva. Kibbutz, utopia and politics.

ISBN:

9781618116246

161811624X

OCLC:

978351871

Publisher Number:

99973627999