How have kibbutzim changed since they started as farming communities?
Kibbutzim started as basic farming communities, but from their farming enterprises they expanded into manufacturing. Some also developed tourist trade, operating their own hotels. So they changed from purely agricultural settlements into communities with manufacturing and tourism. This shows they are no longer only farming communities.
Les explains that the kibbutzim began when Jews who got through to the land of Israel started building them as basically farming communities. From their farming enterprises, they expanded into manufacturing, and some developed tourist trade, even operating their own hotels. Les also notes that the kibbutz people were the mainstay of the ragtag army that defeated the Arabs in 1948, similar to the Revolutionary War. Thus, over time, the kibbutzim moved beyond farming into industry and tourism.