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kibbutz, – Hebrew: “gathering” or “collective” – Israeli collective settlement, usually agricultural and often also industrial, in which all wealth is held in common. Profits are reinvested in the settlement after members have been provided with food, clothing, and shelter and with social and medical service 

 Yosef Baratz, one of the pioneers of the kibbutz movement, wrote a book about his experiences.[...... We were happy enough working on the land, but we knew more and more certainly that the ways of the old settlements were not for us. This was not the way we hoped to settle the country— this old way with Jews on top and Arabs working for them; anyway, we thought that there shouldn't be employers and employed at all. There must be a better way.

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THE JOURNEYMAN YEARS

Circa 1990

In a certain tradition, the journeyman years (Wanderjahre) are a time of travel for several years after completing apprenticeship as a craftsman.

The tradition dates back to medieval times and is still alive in France, Scandinavia and the German-speaking countries.

Normally three years and one day is the minimum period of journeyman. Crafts include roofing, metalworking, woodcarving, carpentry and joinery, and even millinery and musical instrument making/organ building.

In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when the guild system still controlled professions in the visual arts, the wanderjahre was taken by painters, mason-architects and goldsmiths, and was highly important for the transmission of artistic style around Europe. 

The development of late modern nations and their borders within Europe did not have much effect until the 19th century.

While the institution of the journeyman years is original to craftsmen, the concept has spread to other professions. As such, a priest could set out on an extended journey to do research in the libraries of monasteries across Europe and gain wider knowledge and experience. 

The traveler books or Wanderbücher are an important research source that show migration paths in the early period of industrialisation in Europe. Journeymen's paths often show boundaries of language and religion that hindered travel of craftsmen "on the Walz".

A travelling book –Wanderbuch – was given to the journeyman and in each new town, he/she would go to the town office asking for a stamp. This qualifies both as a record of his journey and also replaces the residence registration that would otherwise be required. In contemporary brotherhoods, the "Walz" is required to last at least three years and one day – sometimes two years and one day. 

During the journeyman years the wanderer is not allowed to return within a perimeter of 50 km of his home town, except in specific emergency situations, such as the impending death of an immediate relative – parents and siblings .

At the beginning of the journey, the wanderer takes only a small, fixed sum of money with him - exactly five Deutsche Marks was common, now five euros- ; at its end, he should come home with exactly the same sum of money in their pocket. Thus, he/she is supposed neither to squander money nor to store up any riches during the journey, which should be undertaken only for the experience.

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