Degania Alef
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Degania Alef is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The Jewish community was founded in 1910, making it the earliest Labor Zionist farming commune in Palestine. Its status as "the mother of all kibbutzim" i
Part of the 1912 compound
The original wooden shack at Umm Juni, 1910
Wooden shack (recent reconstruction) at Umm Juni
Degania. 1925
Labor Zionism
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Labor Zionism is the left-wing, socialist variant of Zionism. For many years, it was the most significant tendency among Zionists and Zionist organizations, and was seen as the Zionist faction of the
Degania Alef
…Hebrew: דגניה א׳, Hebrew pronunciation: ) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The Jewish community (kvutza) was founded in 1910, making it the earliest Labor Zionist farming commune in Palestine. Its status as "the mother of all kibbutzim" is sometimes contested based on a later distinction made between the smaller…
Ben Gurion speaking at the cornerstone laying ceremony for Histadrut building in Jerusalem, 1924
Alignment politicians Meir Talmi (Mapam faction), Yitzhak Rabin (Labour Party faction), Victor Shem-Tov (Mapam) and Shimon Peres (Labour Party) participate in the 1980 Histadrut May Day Parade in Tel Aviv
HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed march in the May Day parade in Tel Aviv, 2011. 90 years of the Histadrut.