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Aug 10, 2023, 5:45 AM

Saba Yehuda: Scratch an old communist, find a yeshiva bucher

Saba Yehuda never spoke much about just what sort of Communist he had been in his youth. From time to time, little glimmers would pop out. Once, for example, he mentioned meeting the firebrand revolutionary Trotsky, whose sole advice...

Jul 19, 2023, 8:26 PM

Saba Yehuda and the secret of Kibbutz success

What made the kibbutzim so successful? One answer in particular always got Saba Yehuda laughing. This particular day he was chuckling over an a newspaper clipping which pointed to the great business acumen and entrepreneurship shown by the early...

Jul 13, 2023, 1:32 PM

Saba Yehuda Brought Water to Jerusalem

Saba Yehuda had large dreams, but little personal ambition. For him, it was enough to play a small role in the great drama of an Israel reborn. As a Socialist to the core, Saba particularly longed to see his...

Jul 2, 2023, 1:47 PM

Saba Yehuda and debts never repaid

The tale at hand always started with a smile and a sigh, as Saba Yehuda seemed to gather in the memories of a different time and place. He called up a Jerusalem a little after the storms of the...

Jun 28, 2023, 3:37 PM

Saba Yehuda made aliyah to be a cowboy

Illustrative. Kibbutz Dan, in the Upper Galilee, 1937. (Wikimedia Commons)

His was a tale of Zionism, Communism, common sense and romance

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