Degania
Degania (2007)2007 · Web page · Entry ‘Degania’EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0164 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Israeli kibbutz movement · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Degania, on the Sea of Galilee, is generally regarded as the first kibbutz; sources date it to 1909 (a trial farm at Umm Juni) or 1910 (the Hadera Commune that settled in October and made it permanent).”
Evidence that supports
3Experiment and Survival: The Beginnings of the Kibbutz
Henry Near — Experiment and Survival: The Beginnings of the Kibbutz (1985)Henry Near · 1985 · Article · Note on the renaming of Umm Juni to Degania in 1912Lessons from the Kibbutz on the Equality-Incentives Trade-off
Ran Abramitzky — Lessons from the Kibbutz on the Equality-Incentives Trade-off (2011)Ran Abramitzky · 2011 · Article · Opening of the article: first kibbutz established in 1910Evidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
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