On Our Movement in These Days
Letter 11, December 1939 (Delivered at the Kibbutz Council in Ramat Hashomron)
Despair before loss. The first reaction in relation to our world movement and its status in wartime was among many: despair and loss of faith. The first reports from the movement front in embattled Europe had not yet arrived and there were not yet reports on the results…
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