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About Yad Yaari Research and Documentation Center

Yad Yaari is a research and documentation center established to preserve and promote the intellectual assets of two key movements in Israel's history:HaShomer HaTzair – the first Zionist youth movement founded in 1913, and Kibbutz Artzi – a federation of 85 kibbutzim throughout Israel founded in 1927 (today, part of the United Kibbutz Movement).  

The Center is comprised of archives and research departments documenting more than 100 years of history and current events illuminating the historical legacy of these movements and how their experience can be applied for increased social solidarity, equality and peace in today's world.

The archive also houses the collections of other prominent allied organizations and personalities. With multi-faceted communication facilities and online access, the archive serves hundreds of researchers worldwide and involves wider audiences in study days, conferences, research projects and publications.

 

Current Research Themes

  1.  “Hashomer Hatzair” in Poland and Galicia, from the founding of  the movement up to after World War II.
  2. Revival of the zionist youth movements and the path of Holocaust survivors in the years 1944-1948.
  3. Hashomer Hatzair Movement in Israel.
  4. The Kibbutz and Israeli Society: research on the kibbutz contribution to and involvement in the cultural life of the country is currently in process.
  5. Study of Hashomer Hatzair in Latin America (South America)
  6. Historical Review of Kibbutz Architecture
  7. Hashomer Hatzair World movement and the New Left
  8. Kibbutz Art and Artists

Online Resources

* Yad Yaari Archives Online Catalog

Visual Images Collections page

Publications Catalog

Posters Shop

 

Engage with Yad Yaari

The Yad Yaari Archive is open to the public Sunday through Thursday, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (request of archival material is available until 2:00 PM).

Please schedule your visit in advance!

For inquiries and notifications regarding visits, archive services, publication purchases, material deposits, volunteering, and more, you can contact us using the form.

To access the contact form, click HERE