Several Hashomer Hatzair kibbutzim banded together to form Kibbutz Artzi. Some volunteers combine work with studying Hebrew at a kibbutz ulpan. Avdija was born in kibbutz Beit Zera, Israel. A Kibbutz is an Israeli collective community. He later backpacked through Europe, and worked on an Israeli kibbutz. Avishai was born in Kabri, a kibbutz in northern Israel. He subsequently spent two years at a kibbutz in Israel. An Orthodox kibbutz in Israel, Hafetz Haim, was named in his honor. The couple spent time living in HaZore'a, a kibbutz in Israel. In September 1977, Peter O'Toole left the group to live on a kibbutz in Israel. He was one of the founders of the kibbutz Hanaton in Lower Galilee. The first religious kibbutz was Ein Tzurim, founded in 1946. Peres was one of the founders of Kibbutz Alumot. The first Kibbutz, Degania, was founded by nine Russian socialists in 1909. Arad is also a resident of the Art Kibbutz.