A village by the Jordan

Joseph Baratz

Published by Press Department Ichud Habonim

December 14, 1956
The story of Degania is well told by Joseph Baratz because it is almost the story of his own life. Certainly his life has been closely connected with that one of the Kibbutz since its founding. He and his wife and family have had a great share in making Degania what it is today.

This is the story of the striving of people for a bet-ter existence, but of a desire to live in common and share in common with others. There is high thinking and unselfishness of action in the lives that the Baratz' have lived and think there has been great satisfaction in the development that they have fostered. The story gives us much to think about because it deals with high aspirations, and it gives a lift to one's daily life.
Eleanor Roosevelt.