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1952/3 A band of thirty English Socialist Zionist youth from Habonim (Dror) spend a year devoted to training on a Kibbutz, in the three year old state of Israel. All were committed to an idealized lifestyle of collectivism in which they would help build a safe and happy homeland for Jews from all parts of the world after centuries of exile and execution. The story of that challenging year records our struggles to relate to one another and maintain our ideals. The book shows the human make up of the collective farm Gal-Ed and it's own journey forwards. With the nearest telephone 10 kilometres away, radios, post and newspapers were the only way to make contact with the rest of the world. These twelve months were a mixture of hard work, of excitement and escapades.