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KADAMA TOOK PLACE AS A KIBBUTZ BETWEEN 1946 AND 1962. SINCE 1979, THERE HAS BEEN A THERAPEUTIC YOUTH VILLAGE.

MOVING FORWARD.

BACKGROUND
IN THE EARLY 1930S AND 1940S, THE COLLECTIVE MOVEMENTS ESTABLISHED "FLUTS" THAT WERE GRATEFUL FOR SETTLEMENT. IN THE AUTUMN OF 1939, 45 YOUNG PEOPLE GATHERED IN A KIND OF EIN HARDROD AND DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A NEW COMPANY. THE FOUNDING GROUPS:
THE APPRENTICES OF TEL JOSEPH – 35 ADULTS OF THE YOUTH COMPANY WHO IMMIGRATED TO B, WHO REUNITED WITH THE YOUTH TRAINING MEMBERS WORKING IN TEL JOSEPH, AND MADE A THIRD YEAR OF TRAINING IN A FRESH, LIVELY SOCIETY.
THE TRAINING OF THE WORKING YOUTH WHO HAS BEEN EDUCATED IN THE EYE OF GERDAD – THE APPRENTICES OF THE WORKING YOUTH FROM TEL AVIV AND A YOUTH FROM THE THREE HILL – 12 PEOPLE
A SMALL GROUP OF THE JERUSALEMITE YOUTH CAMPERS WHO WERE ON A LIFE HILL, MOST OF THEM NATIVE TO THE COUNTRY, AND A FEW MORE.

GRADUATES OF YOUNG COMPANIES CAME MAINLY FROM GERMANY, AND THE MEMBERS OF TRAINING WERE NATIVE TO THE COUNTRY AND FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, MAINLY POLAND. 70 FRIENDS AND FRIENDS. IN OCTOBER 39, THE COMPANY WAS ACCEPTED INTO A UNIFIED KIBBUTZ.

THE NEW COMPANY SET ITS SEAT IN NETANYA (SEE BELOW), ALONGSIDE MORE SETTLEMENT NUCLEAR. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY STOOD AT THE OFFICE OF WORK TONIGHT, AND AT THE SAME TIME ORGANIZED CULTURAL ACTIVITY AND ESTABLISHED A BRANCH OF THE WORKING YOUTH. THE BULK OF THE NUCLEI'S LIVELIHOOD WAS FOREIGN WORK: BUILDING, PORCELAIN, FROM CLOSENESS. THEY WORKED AS RENTERS AND ESTABLISHED A DIVERSE AGRICULTURAL FARM NEAR THE SEAT OF ISAAC.

THE UNIFIED KIBBUTZ SECRETARYS OFFERED THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP TO BE CANDIDATES FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE SOUTH OF THE DEAD SEA AND TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS, THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO CONQUER THE WORK AT THE ASHLEG FACTORY IN SODOM.

SETTLEMENTS IN SODOM
IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER 1940, THE CENTRAL SECRETARY OF THE KIBBUTZ APPROVED THE MISSION OF A SETTLEMENT COMPANY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN DEAD SEA, IN THE SAGA REGION. THEY CALLED ON THEIR GROUP THAT THEY SETTLED IN THE EAST OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

YITZHAK TEBANKIN OF THE LEADERS OF THE UNITED KIBBUTZ, ADDRESSED THE GROUP’S MEETING ON 22 APRIL 1941: “SDOM IS FOR US A SETTLEMENT IN THE JORDAN PAST AND IN THE EVENING, IT WILL BE A PIONEER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER JEWISH POINTS AROUND IT.” HOWEVER, THE COMPANY MUST CONTINUE TO HOLD THE COMPANY EVEN IN NETANYA, BECAUSE THE "SHA" NAME FOR A STRONG AND LARGE GROUP.

THE ORIGINAL NUCLEUS JOINED THE COMPLETION GROUPS:
TRAINING OF THE WORKING YOUTH FROM JACOB
GRADUATES OF THE YOUTH COMPANY J. M. M. JOSEPH, FROM AUSTRIA
TRAINING GROUP FROM CHANNELS
GRADUATES OF THE TITZ MIGRATION SCHOOL, WITH YOUNG GIRLS WORKING FROM THE BOROKH NEIGHBORHOOD.
GRADUATES OF CZECH YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN EDUCATED AT THE HOME OF THE SYSTEM

IN THE SUMMER OF 1941, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BEGAN TO WORK IN THE DEAD FACTORY IN SODOM. THEY SET UP A SEPARATE LABOR CAMP FROM THE REST OF THE WORKERS TO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT LIFE THERE FOR A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE REGION. THE SETTLEMENT PLANS WERE MADE ON THE LAND OF THE VILLAGE OF QDAFIA, WHICH IS SOUTHEASTERN OF SODOM.

AT THE END OF 1942, 37 FRIENDS AND 10 GIRLS WORKED IN THE FACTORY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE 142 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THE GROWING SOCIAL SPLIT BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF SODOM AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS AND THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THE LIFE OF A KIBBUTZ, HAS RESULTED IN AGILITY. MEANWHILE, TWO FRIENDS WERE KILLED: ABRAHAM PALANT IN A WORK ACCIDENT IN SODOM, AND PINKY CHERNER, WHO WAS AMONG THE "GAIRS OF THE BOAT WHO DISAPPEARED ON THEIR WAY TO A SABOTAGE OPERATION IN THE REFINERIES IN LEBANON.

WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD WAR, 36 MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY HAD BEEN RECRUITED. SODOM RECRUITS COULD NOT JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY OR THE PALMACH, AND CONTINUED TO WORK AT THE FACTORY, USUALLY 3–4 YEARS IN A ROW, IN ORDER TO SETTLE IN KEY POSITIONS TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT. THE CONDITIONS WERE DIFFICULT: FEVER, HARD PHYSICAL WORK, DWELLING IN THE TENT, NO PLACE FOR GATHERING OR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY. THE DETACHMENT FROM THE CAMP IN NETANYA WAS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES: 25 DAYS OF WORK PER MONTH, FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF FREEDOM, FROM WHICH THREE DAYS OF TRAVEL – DAY AND A HALF FOR EACH DIRECTION. THE JOURNEY ITSELF WAS A THRILL: AFTER WORK