Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Chapter 1. Reisha 1
5. Chapter 2. Vienna 11
6. Chapter 3. Bitaniyya Illit 25
7. Chapter 4. Founding a Kibbutz Movement 49
8. Chapter 5. A Wife and Helpmate 71
9. Chapter 6. Ideological Collectivism 94
10. Chapter 7. Facing the Catastrophe 120
11. Chapter 8. Facing the Forces of Tomorrow 140
12. Chapter 9. A Gaping Abyss 170
13. Chapter 10. Against the Current 190
14. Chapter 11. From Military Glory to Marking Time in the Opposition 213
15. Chapter 12. Unrequited Love 244
16. Chapter 13. In the Shadow of Big Brother 271
17. Chapter 14. The Kibbutz during the Transition from Yishuv to State 290
18. Chapter 15. For Zionism, for Socialism, for the Brotherhood of the Nations–and in That Order 309
19. Chapter 16. Fractured Beliefs 335
20. Chapter 17. The Rebellion of the Sons 353
21. Chapter 18. A Dove with Folded Wings 392
22. Chapter 19. Twilight 415
23. Chapter 20. Epilogue 440
24. Bibliography 459
25. Index 471