A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. This includes communes devoted to peace and the environment, military, religious and political communes. The best known communes in the modern world are the kibbutzim of Israel. There are also many communes currently active outside Israel, they're often referred to as egalitarian communities. Intentional community is a general term for planned residential communities where residents have greater social interaction compared to other groups of houses or apartments. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective community. ... Egalitarian communities are groups of people who have chosen to live together, with egalitarianism as one of their core values. ...