The Ravenna Kibbutz

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by Joel
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 5:30pm

The following appeared in the Jewish Post letters to the editor:

Jewish Cohousing

by Joel
Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 1:00am

Friend of the Ravenna Kibbutz Jacob Rosenblum is moving ahead with his new Jewish intentional community project, on acreage south of Portland, Oregon. Look them up if you're in the area!

by Joel
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Thanks to Neal (thanks, Neal!), the Ravenna Kibbutz finally has a listing in the Intentional Communities directory. And we'll be hosting the Pacific Northwest regional IC meeting this coming spring!

by Joel
Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 12:00am

The following excerpts from NICA's Fall Gathering Report for Fall 2009 summarize Neal's presentation of the Ravenna Kibbutz to the Northwest Intentional Communities Association:

by Joel
Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:00pm

Check it out: A Jewish co-op house in Portland dedicated to building a "vibrant, multi-faceted, inclusive, grass-roots" community, as well as modeling sustainable practices for us all to emulate.

by Joel
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 4:00pm

And a Canadian one, too! Let's call these people and organize a conference. :)

by Joel
Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 9:00pm

The following appeared in the New York Daily News back in March. Turns out one of these Brooklyn kibbutznikim is the brother of a friend of mine!

by Neal
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 9:00pm
by Joel
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 4:39pm

Last night at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, I joined a rowdy delegation from the Ravenna Kibbutz to watch a documentary about some other Jews (about 2,000, as it happened) building a cooperative vision of their ideal community, back in the ‘30s.

by Joel
Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 9:00pm

The following was printed in the inaugural issue (Iyar 5769) of Eruv, a new journal of Jewish thought and issues published by friend of the Kibbutz Rabbi-Maggid Sarah Etz Alon.