REDUCING TOTALITY AND OPENING RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS TO THEIR REGIONS IN THE ISRAELI KIBBUTZ ARTZI EDUCATIONAL-INSTITUTIONS IN THE 1980S AND 1990S

The origins, history and functions of Israeli Kibbutz institutions are described, with a focus on the Kibbutz Artzi, a left wing Zionist org anization which set up junior and senior residential high schools. Rec ent developments have led to reducing the ''total'' nature of these in stitutions. Day pupils have been admitted and the boarding aspect clos ed, with the facilities opened up re, youth groups studying in the sch ools. Deprived and ethnic minority children are among youth groups enc ouraged to make use of the institutions' programmes. The detailed reas ons for, and implications of, changes are clarified in studies of two educational kibbutzim. (C) 1998 The Association for Professionals in S ervices for Adolescents.