By JTASeptember 10, 2017, 10:00 pm WASHINGTON — A number of Jewish camping organizations wrote to US President Donald Trump urging him to keep in place a program that grants visas to foreigners who work in summer camps. Read full story
A Time to Take Stock
A time to take stock of what is good and precious… And a time for us to support and protect what is good and precious Dear Friends, What an unsettling time we are living in… anxious days and sleepless nights for many of us. Prospects for peace are dim in Israel, the future here […]
OPINION Struggling for Zionism
“The entire Hatikvah platform was created out of what we thought was the best way to strengthen Israel and the Diaspora-Israel relationship.” By NATHAN HERSH \ 02/23/2015 22:03 A few weeks ago, MK Stav Shaffir lambasted the Bayit Yehudi Party in the Knesset. She told them that their corruption – transferring billions of shekels from […]
Habonim Dror Hosts Rabin Exhibit
By: Amishai Gottlieb, © 2014 Jewish Exponent Anyone who happened to pass by the library at the Jewish Community Services Building in Center City on Nov. 13-14 was virtually transported to Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. In memory of the anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s murder on Nov. 4, 1995 by a […]
New 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 […]