(JTA) Linda Gradstein - Tens of thousands of Israelis have applied for membership in one of Israel's 279 kibbutzim over the past year, a rural way of life that was once seen as a relic of Israel's socialist past. While in 2000, 117,000 people lived on kibbutzim, they currently have a population of 182,000. "The paths used to be full of motorized carts for older people. Now they are full of baby carriages," said Yossi Levy, the absorption coordinator of Ein Hashlosha, a kibbutz one mile from Gaza.
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