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In 1948, when Israel declared its independence, more than 5% of the population were kibbutzniks—Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 How was a kibbutznik raised by Polish or Moroccan immigrants supposed to understand what to do with the plumes of sumac that grow wild in the Judean Hills?—Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
Yiddish kibutsnik, from kibuts kibbutz (from Modern Hebrew qibbūṣ) + -nik, agent suffix
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