The Kibbutz was founded in the fall of 2007 by Joel Rothschild, Masha Shtern, and Tamar Libicki; Azura Newman and Lincoln Rose were also original members. The community's first official event was a potluck dinner in October of that year. In founding the Kibbutz, Rothschild hoped to recreate aspects of his positive experience as a member of Kosher Co-op, part of the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA) at Oberlin College. Current resident-organizer Neal Schindler also attended Oberlin and was in OSCA.
