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Israel's First Decade

On the occasion of Israel's 60 Independence Day, I have uploaded a selection of photos published 50 years ago, on Israel's 10th Independence Day.

Typically for the time and place, most of the photos deal with collective experiences and man-manned environment rather than with individual experiences or nature's beauty. Many photographers focused on documenting Israel's achievements, and not because they were enlisted for that job. They were simply, genuinely overwhelmed by the existence and development of the young state.

All the photos are scans from the book "Be'Asor Le'Yisrael" (On Israel's Decade), edited by Avraham Herman and Yigael Yadin. There are no individual credits for the photos.

 
After a kibbutz meal
Masada Publishing

After a kibbutz meal

The kibbutzim were established since the early 20ith century as collective communities, based on agriculture and socialist values. Among many other aspects of life, dining was collective as well.

In recent decades the kibbutzim have gradually changed, and their collective way of life has virtually disappeared.

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Uploaded: April 27, 2008
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  • Ykarelic4 Israel (Private)
    5 years 1 month ago
    good memory of the past, I don't think that much remained from the spirit of the kibbutz
  • sharon (Private)
    5 years 1 month ago
    and if you really love me, say yes and please don't tell me: perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

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    You've got some imagination!
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