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('returning to the religion') communities. There are also other similar religious
activist community networks who have not joined the Council.

3. Cooperative Educator Kibbutzim Movements: Four of the 'classic' Pioneering
Socialist Zionist youth movements which historically built most of the 'traditional'

kibbutzim have developed graduate movements of 'Educator Kibbutzim'. Both
located in urban and rural settings, their communities are generally composed of
smaller 'intimate kvutza' groups which have a highly collective communal life as well

as a very high
proportion of

members
working
together daily

in cooperative
educational

projects. In
addition to
Kvutzot Am

(Habonim Dror
graduates),

Kvutzot
HaBechira
(HaMachanot HaOlim graduates), Hashomer Hatzair graduates and Dror Israel

(Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed graduates), there is a newer fifth similar movement –
Tarbut – of cultural activist communities, focusing on music, drama and the arts as

their medium of social change.

4. Secular/Pluralist: Both 'Maagal HaKvutzot' and 'The Community Incubator' are
networks of independent secular/pluralist urban communities and kibbutzim. Some
of these communities define themselves as an 'urban/city kibbutz' and include

various degrees of collective consumption and cooperative production.

The first difficult discussions about working together for the greater good of Israeli

society during 2011 resulted in the establishment of a democratic, representative
umbrella body in 2012. Together, the Israeli Council of Communities for Social Action

today includes 14 different movements and networks, representing 270 communities
nationwide, with some 8000 adult community members who are running social action

enterprises which positively affect approximately 350,000 Israelis. Our work is just
beginning...

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