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The 10th International Conference of ICSA
28-30 June 2010, Emek Yezreel College, Israel
The Varied Paths of Communal Life

A Message from ICSA President, Professor Michal Palgi

Dear friends and colleagues,
Summer is getting closer and the preparations for our coming ICSA conference “The Varied
Paths of Communal Life” that will be held at the Emek Yezreel College, Israel, on June 28-30,
2010, are at full speed. The organizing committee has met a few times as did some of its
subcommittees in order to discuss and decide upon content issues as well as technical and
organizational issues. All in all I think we are doing well on the organizational side
considering the strict budgetary limitations. This is the reason we are attempting to do as
much as possible by ourselves without hiring outside help.
Please watch our website for further information that will be uploaded frequently:
http://kibbutz.haifa.ac.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=34
Soon we will put up the tentative schedule of the conference with the sessions and the
speakers in each session.
For your convenience, a special conference rate has been arranged with hotels and B&B’s.
Reservations should be made directly by you as soon as possible as the number of rooms is
limited. Accommodation options can be found here:
http://kibbutz.haifa.ac.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=39
During the conference we plan to have a welcome evening organized by the kibbutz movement
and a special half day tour organized by the regional council of Emek Yezreel and kibbutz
Merhavia.
Those who come early can join the day tour to Nazareth on the 27th of June. On the 28th
we will start the conference opening day at about 9 a.m. The plans for that evening will be
published at a later date.
On the second day we have a full day until 4 p.m. and then we go to kibbutz Merchavia where
the first cooperative started, and where Golda Meir, the fourth and only woman prime
minister of Israel, was a member. There we will see the small museum and then have a
plenary after which we will have a light meal.
On the third day we have a full day until about 5 p.m. when the conference will end. People
who sign up for the two or three day tour will get a closer look at the different types of
kibbutzim that exist today – old, religious and new ventures at communal life. On the third
day they will have the wonderful experience of visiting and feeling Jerusalem.
I would like to use this opportunity to thank my colleague and friend Ms. Eliette Orchan for
coordinating communications with you and responding to almost all your requests and
questions.
Early bird registration is over and I urge those of you who have not yet registered, to do so
soon. Accommodation details as well as pre and after conference tours details can be found
on our website.
I would like to remind you that at the coming conference we will be electing the new ICSA
president – if you have any suggestions please let me know and I will present them to the
ICSA steering committee. You can please also write to me if you have any other suggestions
or ideas concerning ICSA.
I hope to hear from you soon and see many of you here at the conference.
With much hope for the coming conference,
Yours sincerely,
Michal Palgi
ICSA President & Conference Chair

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