shina was 17 years old and zipka was four years younger. than me, the us was a place that seemed to be the promised land for the whole world, my dad had gone to new york a year earlier and we spent that year in belorus. in 1906 we decided to join my dad in... milwaukee, wisconsin. at that time, the second wave of immigration to palestine, the promise land had begone. my father did not want to experience another displacement. many of our fellow jews tried to persuade him to go to palestine instead of the us, but there was still no government and law in that land. during the peak of communism, jewish communities were also being formed in the occupied territories. "the first caboots were formed by the efforts of the jews 10 years before i immigrated to palestine. these socialist villages were the ideal model of peaceful and blissful life in those days. everyone was working and everyone was getting the benefit, everyone as much as possible. i moved to caboot and started new life there. between 1920 and 1923 i was a cook and teacher. i thought by joining the hagana i would also defend the s