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and my own: between the Jewish ethical ideals at the core

establish and safeguard our state. Yet even as a small child

community and a sense of safety amid the

learning the rudiments of how to farm and the rigors of simple

she’d embraced and had come to define her. I know that she felt

along with her 13-year-old brother Itzik and her little sister Henya

and the kibbutznik who fetched the mail was a quiet

and two kibbutzim. One was called Ma’abarot. Next to it was Mishmar

and reveled in its social life. My father was more detached both

stocky and strong from his work on the kibbutz. He had a

and his natural caution was an additional asset as the kibbutz got

bookish and self-contained child. Only in later years did I come to

beyond my immediate family and a few close friends.

my protector and role model. Like my mother

he turned and told me about the first time he’d heard it.