The progress of a foundation-supported community intervention in Israel is traced from the moment of its conceptualization in 1976 to its final adoption in 1983 by the community in which it grew and developed. Part 1, "The Story of a Project," is divided into ten sections, of which the first three describe the project setting, its background and origins, and its beginnings. The fourth section describes project operations in the first phase, 1978-80: (1) neighborhood-based community education programs; (2) a community school project; (3) parent involvement in the kindergarten; (4) clinic play corners; (5) a home-intervention program; and (6) training local women as paraprofessional counsellors. The fifth section reports on re-appraisals of the project at the end of the first phase and the directions decided on for the second. Next, the operations in the second phase (1981-83) are described: (1) neighborhood family centers; (2) an early childhood resource center; (3) parent education and play corners in the clinics; (4) a home-intervention program; (5) a program for teenage girls; (6) a tutorial program; and (7) staff training. The remaining four sections in Part 1 deal with the phasing out of the foundation-supported structure and the assumption of responsibility by the community. The state of the project a year later is also reported on. Part 2 discusses intervention for social change as a dynamic process and Part 3 addresses the general problems of a community intervention in Israel and then analyzes the Ofakim intervention as a case in point. Appendices contain the abstract of a summative evaluation report on the project and a list of publications related to the project. (RDN)