Habonim Dror North America

Habonim Dror North America To this end, Habonim Dror calls first and foremost for Aliya to communal and collective frameworks that actively work to achieve the aforementioned goal.

Habonim Dror North America is Jewish, Progressive Labor Zionist Youth movement with 6 summer camps across North America, year-round activities, a month-long teen summer Israel experience, and the longest-running Israel gap year program. Today, HDNA is an autonomous Progressive Labor Zionist youth movement whose members strive for the concrete expression of its values in their own lives and in soci

ety. As an autonomous Labor Zionist youth movement whose members strive for the concrete expression of its ideals in their own lives and society, Habonim Dror has the following aims (updated December 2013 Veida XVIII):

To upbuild the State of Israel as a progressive, egalitarian, cooperative society, at peace with its neighbors; actively involved in a Peace Process with the Palestinian people with the common goal of a just and lasting peace and collective liberation of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples; and as the physical and spiritual center of the Jewish people. In addition, Habonim Dror also calls for active involvement in progressive Zionist and Jewish issues in Diaspora communities, using collective-living frameworks as a foundation. To strengthen the relationship between North American Jewish youth and Judaism through their involvement in progressive Jewish communities with the purposes of enlisting their participation in the up-building of a renewed Jewish culture in both Israel and North America. This will be accomplished by the development of individual Jewish identities by means of promoting the exploration of Jewish spirituality, the full expression of the Hebrew language, an understanding of Jewish history and a personal relationship with Israel. To participate in the creation of a new social order throughout the world, based on the principles of self-determination, individual freedom, environmental sustainability, political democracy, and cooperative economics, the equality of all people and the equality of human value. To participate in constructive activities in the North American Jewish community while advocating change where necessary to foster Jewish continuity and creativity and the democratization of the community. To develop within its members the will to realize their own capabilities and to develop a collectivist attitude to actualize the movements goals through cooperative frameworks (kvutzah). The pillars, the educational concepts that serve as guides, of Habonim Dror North America are (in no particular order):

Judaism
Progressive Labor Zionism (Read about the 2015 definition, as passed in the Veida XVIV here: https://www.habonimdror.org/progressive-labor-zionism/)
Collective Liberation of the Peoples in Israel-Palestine
Hagshama (Actualization of Movement Values)
Social Justice
Socialism

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Nina Olson from Habonim Dror Camp Tavor is raising money to help support her participation in the 76th cohort of our Wor...
08/14/2026

Nina Olson from Habonim Dror Camp Tavor is raising money to help support her participation in the 76th cohort of our Workshop gap year. ❤️💙

“After spending so many summers at Tavor, I’m excited to continue being part of the Habonim Dror community through Workshop, its gap year program in Israel. Workshop is a year-long program where I’ll live communally with other young people, work with youth, volunteer in the community, and learn about the people and society around me. A lot of what I’ll be doing on Workshop builds on things I’ve experienced at Tavor, but I’ll also be getting the chance to take those ideas outside of camp and experience them in a completely different setting.”

Please join us in helping spread the word about her fundraiser. We’re very proud of Nina and are excited for her to experience this next year of living and learning in Israel alongside her kvutza.

https://gofund.me/45a7ff117

6/6 machanot (camps) are officially open for Summer 2026! 🔥🎉✨We are so proud of the Tzevet (staff members), Mazkiriyot (...
07/02/2026

6/6 machanot (camps) are officially open for Summer 2026! 🔥🎉✨

We are so proud of the Tzevet (staff members), Mazkiriyot (youth leadership teams), and Professional Staff members across all six machanot who have been preparing all year for this special moment! B’hatzlacha (good luck) on your summer adventures! ❤️💙

We can’t wait to visit you this summer and see all the magic in action!💪😍☀️💥

Aleh V’Hagshem!

Two weeks ago, members of HDNA (past and present) gathered at Camp Galil in Ottsville, Pennsylvania to celebrate HDNA’s ...
06/15/2026

Two weeks ago, members of HDNA (past and present) gathered at Camp Galil in Ottsville, Pennsylvania to celebrate HDNA’s 90th anniversary!💙❤️

The day was a huge success. There was a beautiful falafel lunch and speeches from various movement members who shared meaningful updates about different branches of the movement: Jenny (current HDNA Mazkira) shared updates about each machaneh community as they head into the summer and Theo (Workshop 75) shared about his experience on Workshop this year. 💙👣

We ended the day with kumzitz (group sing-along) where alumni and current movement members connected over some of their most cherished shared traditions. The event was a wonderful experience for all to reminisce on the magical experiences that link one generation to the next. ✨

As we finish celebrating the 75th Workshop and 90 years of HDNA, time is running out to submit your pictures and memorabilia to the HDNA online archives. Read more to find out what we have collected so far and to learn how to submit new items on our blog: https://sites.google.com/habonimdror.net/hdnaonlinearchives/blog. You can also find the link in our bio.

We are so honored to have such a strong body of support in our alumni community. We couldn’t do this work without you! Thanks to all who showed up! 🙏❤️

Here’s to 90 more years!💪🔥

MA’AP SEM 5786 - WHAT A DREAM!We had such a blast at Ma’apilimot Seminar this year at Machaneh Moshava in Street, Maryla...
06/09/2026

MA’AP SEM 5786 - WHAT A DREAM!

We had such a blast at Ma’apilimot Seminar this year at Machaneh Moshava in Street, Maryland:

We learned about current events in Israel
We dreamed big things for this summer at machaneh and for the movement
We danced until our muscles gave out and sang until our voices were sore
We learned about what the Workshoppers did this year and commemorated their first seminar as ma’apilimot
We celebrated Shavuot together
We learned tangible hadracha skills that we can use this summer
We played lots of hacky sack and frisbee and shesh besh
We learned about what’s going on in the movement right now (spoiler alert - it’s a lot!)
We hung out with some adorable kids
We discussed what it means to be Jewish in 2026
We celebrated Helen Landau, who will be leaving the Mazkirut Artzit in the fall, and welcomed Elijah Axt, who will be joining
We did kumzitz, rikkud, kab shab, and havdallah
We had the best time!!!

Shout out to Kvutza 74 for staying back for an awesome Shlav Bet seminar afterwards, run by the lovely Katie Felstein! And to David Hess-Dunlop, Rosh Galil, and Elijah Axt, Rosh Mosh, who helped us run the seminar!

We hope everyone’s summers are amazing and can’t wait to see you all very soon, whether it’s by visiting your machanot this summer or at our next big movement-wide seminar: VEIDA XXIV!

More awesome pics and information about future seminars coming soon!

After celebrating their last Shabbat in Israel surrounded by friends from Habonim Dror around the world, Workshop 75 spe...
05/20/2026

After celebrating their last Shabbat in Israel surrounded by friends from Habonim Dror around the world, Workshop 75 spent the past few days in their Seminar Sikkum (Closing Seminar) as they wrapped up and reflected on the past 9 months. The seminar finished with a beautiful tekkes (ceremony). Friends, family, and madrichimot came together in person and on Zoom to celebrate the Workshoppers’ journey together and share speeches, songs, and even a special dance! We are incredibly proud of this kvutza and how they’ve continued to take responsibility for one another throughout their year together, and we’re so excited for them to return to HDNA and share all that they’ve learned. Mazal Tov and Aleh V’Hagshem 💙❤️

Jewish tradition demands we stand up for those who are vulnerable. HDNA is proud to support  and  National Day of Action...
04/27/2026

Jewish tradition demands we stand up for those who are vulnerable.

HDNA is proud to support and National Day of Action for this Thursday, April 30. Jews of conscience will gather in over 14 cities across the country, unified in one simple message: ICE’s cruelty must stop and corporations must stop being complicit.

Full list of actions: www.bendthearc.us/ice_out

04/21/2026

On Yom HaZikaron, Habonim Dror North America stands in mourning with those in Israel who have lost their loved ones to war and terror. May their memories forever be a blessing.

״נזכור ולא נשכח״“To remember and never forget”Yom HaZikaron LaShoah V’LaGvura, or Holocaust and Heroism Day of Remembran...
04/14/2026

״נזכור ולא נשכח״

“To remember and never forget”

Yom HaZikaron LaShoah V’LaGvura, or Holocaust and Heroism Day of Remembrance, observed on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, is a day of remembrance honoring the all the Jews murdered in the Holocaust, as well as the Jews who took history into their own hands and resisted in the face of impossible odds.

Today, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We remember not only lives lost, but a vibrant Jewish world destroyed: communities, cultures, movements, families, dreams, an entire world that can never fully be rebuilt. As the number of survivors grows smaller each year, the responsibility to carry their stories becomes increasingly ours.

For Habonim Dror North America, this memory is deeply personal. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was led by members of Dror and other Jewish youth movements, young people who organized resistance, educated underground, and chose Jewish dignity and defiance. Their legacy is our movement inheritance. In the face of rising antisemitism, we commit to carry forward the spirit of their rebellion in our education and within our communities. To remember them is not only to look back, but to continue what they began.

“You are able to - you must - fight evil, forgery, falsehood, and all that contradicts humanistic values... Be worthy of the fighters, of all of those who struggled and were slaughtered, by gas and other means. Educate yourself and others towards love and not hatred, towards peace, towards friendship, towards beauty, laughter and joy. It is hard. You can do it. I believe in you.”

-Chavka Folman Raban, member of Dror and the Jewish Fighting Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto

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