Habonim Dror

Habonim Dror (alt. Dror Habonim translation:The builders - Freedom) is a Socialist-Zionist youth movement formed by the merger in 1980 of the Habonim and Dror youth movements.

History

Habonim was founded in London in 1929. It was modeled after the Wandervogel movements in Germany. Its aim was to found and populate Kibbutzim in Palestine, later Israel. The idea soon spread to other English speaking countries and finally throughout the Jewish world. The movement was responsible for founding, amongst others, Kfar Blum, Kfar Hanassi, Bet Haemek, Mevo Hama, Tuval and Gesher Haziv. The ideals of Habonim were promoted through weekly activities and summer camps. As the kibbutz movement ideals find themselves in decline Habonim has sought to redefine its aims towards settlement in urban communes (kvutsot) in Israel. In the 1980s it amalgameted with a similar group and is now known as Habonim-Dror. Famous graduates include, Mike Leigh, Mordechai Richler, Jonathan Freedland, Stanley Fischer, Chaim Herzog, Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G) and Dan Patterson and Mark Levison, producers of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Related Topics:
London - 1929 - Wandervogel - Germany - Palestine - Israel - Kibbutz - Mike Leigh - Mordechai Richler - Jonathan Freedland - Stanley Fischer - Chaim Herzog - Sacha Baron Cohen - Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Dror was founded in Poland in 1915 out of a wing of the Tzeirei Tzion (Young Zionist) study circle - the majority of Tzeiri Tzion had merged with a group called Hashomer in 1913 to form Hashomer Hatzair - those who remained outside of the new group formed Dror. The group was influenced by the teachings of the Russian Narodniks.

Related Topics:
Poland - 1915 - 1913 - Hashomer Hatzair - Narodniks

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Dror was aligned with the Kibbutz Meyuchad network while Habonim was aligned with the Ichud kibbutzim. When the two kibbutz movements merged in 1980 to form the United Kibbutz Movement (Takam), so did their respective youth movements.

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