The Ashkenazi Revolution

145family, the Ashkenazi language and the Ashkenazi history. The socialistagenda of the Labor movement reaches its peak in the kibbutz, but at thesame time there are great ties between the kibbutz and the Jewish capitalistworld whose funds allowed the foundation of the world of the kibbutz.Moreover: The wonderful industrial activities of the kibbutz, which areentirely focused on the present and the immediate future, form a strong andstubborn tie between it and the banking, business and technical worlds, andthe capitalist knowledge base. The Eastern Bloc wishes to limit its ties tothe West not only for industrial reasons, but first and foremost forideological reasons. But the kibbutz, which is a thoroughly socialistcapitalistcreation, stands squarely in the capitalist world and is tied to itwith hundreds of threads. The kibbutz is a wonderful testing block for thebenevolent influence of humanistic socialism and generous capitalism. Thekibbutz leads capitalism toward the humanization of its methods andtoward a better relationship toward the workingman, but capitalism infuses,into the kibbutz, the skill of complicated calculations and the desire forpleasure and profit in the capitalistic style. This struggle is not betweenequal forces and, as it proceeds, the kibbutz gradually gets absorbed, in anhonorable way – like a soldier who is captured after a glorious war – intothe larger, and culturally wealthy, capitalist world.Through its connection to capitalism, the kibbutz reduced its socialism andthrough its connection to socialism, it reduced its nationalism. All the godsthat the kibbutz worships were reduced by the kibbutzniks, and the result isthat the kibbutznik is asked to be a great and powerful god, a singular god,in kibbutznik circles - who brings incense offerings to himself constantlyand sings hymns of praise to himself. But each year and each day therealization comes to the kibbutznik that his personality is too weak to merithymns that include divinity and idealism. Here is the bitter disappointmentand tragedy of the kibbutznik. This is the tragedy of man, who has killedmany gods, initially the God of Israel and then other gods, turned himselfinto a god and then gave up on this god. But there is no retreat for thekibbutznik. He continues to dance the dance of independent thanksgiving,with movements whose lack of confidence are more and more evident, as