Habonim is a Zionist-Socialist youth organization 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. In the 1980s it amalgameted with a similar group and is now known as Habonim-Dror. Famous graduates include, Mike Leigh, Mordechai Richler and Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G).
Today, Habonim-Dror exists in dozens of countries worldwide, and continues to promote Socialist-Zionism by supporting and building urban communes in Israel dedicated to improving Israeli society. Its symbol comprises of a wheat sheaf in a star of David, symbolising the kibbutz roots of the organisation.
Dror Habonim) is a Socialist-Zionist youth movement formed by the merger in 1980 of the Habonim and Dror youth movements.
Habonim Dror believes in a socialism based on the values of: equality, social justice, peace and democracy, and educates its chaverim towards contributing to a society, and living a life based on these values in Israel.
Habonim Dror believes in the ideals of Kibbutz, be it agricultural or urban, as a society and system based upon the ideals of socialism, and thus educates its members toward living on Kibbutzim that maintain these values.
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