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We reprint a letter we received from our old friends from the Bruderhof in
North America. The subject: Greetings to C.A.L.L.

Shalom Anton, the same or very similar spirit,
surly. We read of the first
We were thrilled with the latest kibbutzim how they worked hard all
issue of CALL. No 38. day in the scorching sun and then
Congratulations!! Of course your danced all night in the enthusiasm
initial quote from Henry Near’s book for starting a new brotherly

describing the collective experience society!! Such an inspiration to all of
of a young kibbutz in
the 1920’s, is very
striking and
inspiring: “There
was a sort of mutual
yearning, a desire to
sit together far into
the night, and
thereby penetrate
the very depth of
the vision of

communal life. Soul
touched soul. We Set amid the orchards of the mid-Hudson Valley south of Kingston,
longed to become a Maple Ridge (established in 1985 as “Pleasant View”) has some 350
sort of river of residents and is one of the largest Bruderhof communities.
souls, whose

tributaries would merge, and us. Our movement went through a
together create a fresh and mighty revival starting around 1954 in the
current of friendship and Woodcrest Bruderhof USA, when
fraternity.” Wow – that is there was a similar spirit with
inspiring!! The rest of your first enthusiastic singing and dancing etc

piece is also very good reminding us and a revival of the communal
that all community movements have a spirit. We are currently celebrating
similar inspiration and longing even if this new start of 60 years ago, in
forms of expression are very varied. Woodcrest as you can see on our
website.
It reminds us of the enthusiastic
beginnings of our Bruderhof On our recent trip in 2010 to the
movement starting in 1920 when ICSA Conference in the Emek
there would also be long soul Yezreel College, we were thrilled to
searching into the night, and then learn more about the new
communal dancing round the fire – “Communities for Social Action” and

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