kibbutznik

[ki-boots-nik, -boots-]

noun

1. a member of a kibbutz.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kibbutznik¹

1945–50; < Yiddish kibutsnik, equivalent to kibuts kibbutz + -nik -nik

Example Sentences

The kibbutzniks often see the court as a guarantor of the secularism and religious pluralism that they felt was envisaged by Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948, and as a bulwark against government overreach.

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“In my soul, I’m a kibbutznik: I get nurtured and nourished by having people around.”

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However, Jewish leftists have usually been secular: the Lower East Side socialists, kibbutzniks, Bernie Sanders.

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Their kibbutz has been semi-privatized; like Israel itself, many kibbutzniks have drifted from their socialist moorings.

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“The kibbutznik, who used to stand proud, now has to apologize because Israeli society has changed.”

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