ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses three participants who led less traditional lives, which allowed them to serve their communities. It provides an understanding of how a person's particular life story and personal experiences interplay with collective histories: The stories include Y. E., who raised capital and developed a major business; A. S., a Palestinian man who joined the British army; and A. P., a Jewish sabra who became a choreographer. Y. E. was born in the village of Nahf in 1919 to a family that was well known in the village. His family had led the village, starting at the end of the Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman Empire, land purchase in Palestine was mainly restricted to elites. A. S. is a Muslim man born in Kfar Kana in 1925. He followed a traditional path of farming from young age and then, as a teenager, left for Haifa for work. A. P. was born in Tel Aviv in 1934, youngest child born to parents who emigrated from Russia.
