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"Zionist agricultural zeal...Grandfather helping granddaughter to plow" circa 1920 in the Yizrael Valley |
One of the Zionist dreams was to take Jews out of the European ghettos and create a "new man" in the fields of Eretz Yisrael. But the dream also meant a "new woman."
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"Foot of Carmel. Zionist girl farmers" collecting grapes |
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Borochov. Girls' farm, Polish girl immigrant. Elsewhere named as "Davora Rushkin" |
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Picking almonds in Rishon Lezion (circa 1920) |
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"Maiden of Rishon Lezion" with basket of almonds |
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Borochov. Girls' farm, feeding poultry |
"Nahalal Girls' Agricultural
training school. Picking violets. A better class city girl immigrant turning to
agriculture."
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