Habonim Dror North America
Habonim Dror is an autonomous Progressive Labor Zionist youth movement whose members strive for the concrete expression of its values in their own lives and in society. HabonimDror.org is the official website of Habonim Dror North Amerrica.
Machaneh Bonim B’Israel (MBI) is an immersive 5 week summer adventure for fifteen and sixteen year olds with a a strong focus on leadership training and community building.
Workshop, our 10 month Israel live/work experience, is the longest running Israel gap- year program. Workshop balances study and service, and connects you to Israel’s culture & history through hands on experiential learning & active volunteerism.
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Study Shows High Israel & Community Engagement Among Habonim Dror Alumni
Building Progressive Zionist Activists: Exploring the Impact of Habonim Dror, authored by Prof. Steven M. Cohen and Steven Fink describes evidence of the life-long impact that the Habonim Dror youth movement has had on its participants. The report draws upon a survey of nearly 2,000 alumni of Habonim Dror camps and other programs, ages 20 to 83. READ MORE
Habonim Dror Camp Association
The Habonim Dror Camp Association (HDCA) is a coalition of the Habonim Dror N.A. Central Office, the seven North American Habonim Dror machanot (camps), the Habonim Dror Foundation and Ameinu. Its focus is to sustain the Habonim Dror camp enterprise. HDCA is both a professional training & networking organization and a policy-setting group for the seven Movement machanot. Over the past 3 years, the Association has formalized its structure with a Board and elected officers, established an annual dues assessment for each partner organization, hired a part time Director, and successfully raised outside grant funding.
For more information about the Habonim Dror Camp Association contact Steve Weinberg, HDCA Director, at chaversteve@habonimdror.org or 732-390-4745, or visit the HDCA Website.
If you are an alum of Habonim or Dror, or if you attended any of the camps, workshops or other programs, use this service to find and contact your chaverim of yesteryear and at the same time help us, the Habonim Dror Foundation*, to maintain an up-to-date list. Note that this site maintains your own (and other chaverim’s) privacy! This feature is located at the old Habonim Dror Foundation site while we work on relocating it.
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Ameinu
Ameinu, Hebrew for “Our People,” is a national, multi-generational community of progressive Jews in North America. Recognizing the unbreakable bond between the Jewish people and Israel, as well as the commitment to make our own society better, we mobilize those Jews who seek opportunities to foster social and economic justice both in Israel and in North America. Ameinu provides critical support to Habonim Dror.
Habonim Dror North America Summer Camps
Habonim Dror Camp Galil – 215-832-0676
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