Learned Family on the Educator‐Kibbutzim—Knowledge, Kinship, and Social Transformation as Historical Legacy

ABSTRACT This article explores how educator‐kibbutzim recruit socialist‐Zionist learning traditions to construct new forms of kinship. Bringing communities of practice theory to new kinship studies, we expand on the role of knowledge in bridging the social/biological. Based on ethnographic research and participatory‐archival research, we describe social learning practices drawn from historical repertoire that are utilized to create new forms of family. The findings highlight the versatility of ways that knowledge/learning can transform seemingly natural ties.