Welcome back for our Season 4 premiere!

For more than a century, the kibbutz has stood as one of Israel’s most iconic — and idealistic — experiments. Born from socialist and Zionist dreams in the early 20th century, the kibbutz movement sought to build not just a place to live, but a new kind of society — one built on equality, community, and shared purpose.

In its early days, life on the kibbutz meant shared meals, collective work, and a vision of remaking the Jewish people through labor and cooperation. Over the years, that vision has evolved — shaped by war, economic change, and generational shifts — but the questions it raises about community, identity, and meaning still echo in Israeli life today.

Our guest today, Muki Tsur, has spent a lifetime exploring those questions. A historian, writer, and one of the foremost thinkers on the kibbutz movement, Muki is himself a longtime member of Kibbutz Ein Gev, overlooking the Sea of Galilee. He’s written and edited dozens of works on Zionist thought, pioneering life, and the moral and spiritual vision behind the kibbutz ideal.

Few people have both lived and studied this story as deeply as he has. In our conversation, we’ll talk about how the kibbutz began, how it changed, and what its legacy means for Israel today.