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1930s .]]
, or '''Deganya''', was the first
Kibbutz ("
Collective Farm ") established by
Jew s in the areas of the
Land Of Israel then under
Ottoman control, and subsequently in the
British Mandate Of Palestine . It was founded in
1909 by ten men and two women led by
Joseph Baratz . The land had previously been owned by a Persian family resident in
Beirut .
Despite its small size, Degania has been home to many famous
Israel is and members of the pre-state ''yishuv'' ("settlement"). The poet
Rachel , the "prophet of labor"
A.D. Gordon , and
Joseph Trumpeldor , all worked at Degania. Many early members of Degania left to found other ''kibbutzim''.
Degania exists in two independent kibbutzim:
#''Degania Alef'' ("Degania A") and
#''Degania Bet'' ("Degania B").
Both ''kibbutzim'' lie along the southern shores of the
Sea Of Galilee .
Technically Degania is a ''kvutza'' and not a kibbutz. The distinction comes from its small size. Degania is also distinctive in that children there never slept communally. Children always slept in their parents' quarters. Both Degania prospers by farming. Deganya 'A' also has a metal factory, 'toolgal'
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