On Tuesday, May 25, 2015, we continued our tour of northern Israel along the Lebanese border, stopping at Moshav Avivim.
While our discovery of a memorial to the victims of the
Haifa Bus 37 suicide bombing and our
visit to Ziv Hospital in Safed, and its Syrian patients, were unexpected, our visit to the Moshav was even more emotional and full of surprises - Revenge and Reunion.
We met with Shimon Biton, the Secretary of the Moshav. (Our excellent guide,
Udi Guberman, provided translation, as Shimon does not speak English.)
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[Shimon Biton, Moshav Avivim, Israel][/caption]A Moshav is a type of
collective farming community where homes are owned individually and owners are allotted separate plots of land, but the community shares in certain expenses and resources. (Unlike a classic kibbutz, where all the property is communal.)
There currently are 120 families in the Moshav, 480 people. There are plans to expand to add at least another 50 families, and the demand outpaces available spots.
Moshav Avivim sits along the Lebanese border, just south of
Bint Jbeil and Maroun Al-Ras.