{"id":10,"date":"2020-10-18T01:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T01:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-11-20T00:24:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:24:40","slug":"exploring-the-impact-of-habonim-dror","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-gb10-69fc7dee30c13\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">BUILDING PROGRESSIVE ZIONIST ACTIVISTS<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Exploring the Impact of Habonim Dror<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">A Study by Steven M. Cohen &amp; Steven Fink, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_circleicon-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" >\t\t<div class=\"circle-icon-box circle-icon-position-top circle-icon-hide-box circle-icon-size-small \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/?page_id=8275\" class=\"link-icon\" >\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle-icon icon-style-set\" style=\"background-color: #f8b748\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"fa fa-info-circle  icon-style-set\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"color: 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id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2><strong>Report Demonstrates High Israel and Community\u00a0Engagement Among Habonim Dror Alumn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"font_7\">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. \u00a0The report draws upon a survey of nearly 2,000 alumni of Habonim Dror camps and other programs, ages 20 to 83.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Habonim-Dror-Study-Image-226x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Habonim-Dror-Study-Image-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Habonim-Dror-Study-Image.png 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/>Dr. Cohen sums up the study findings. \u00a0&#8220;The Habonim Dror experience often seems to exert a powerful impact upon identification with Israel long after the alumni have completed their active involvement in the movement.<\/p>\n<p>Significant involvement with Habonim Dror is also associated with developing progressive political values\u00a0in both the American and Israeli context, and with lifelong bonds with the Habonim Dror friends of one&#8217;s youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 class=\"font_2\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"font_8\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">85% visited Israel more than once and 70% had lived in Israel for at least 5 months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">75% consider themselves politically progressive<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">19% currently hold leadership positions in multiple Jewish or Israel-related organizations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">31% contribute to a local UJA-Federation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">49% contribute to a Jewish-sponsored or Israel-related social change organization<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">64% contribute to a social change oriented charity\u00a0without a specific Jewish sponsorship or Israel focus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">93% remain connected to their Habonim Dror friends<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-3-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-17cd5df84922-10\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/?page_id=123\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSEE INFOGRAPHIC\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<table class=\"center aligncenter\" style=\"height: 90px; width: 82.76123674241471%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f8b748;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 90px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.040472175379424%; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; height: 90px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/judaism\/126306\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.habonimdror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/news_icon.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.habonimdror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/news_icon.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.87595433758888%; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; height: 90px; text-align: center;\">THE JEWISH JOURNAL (Los Angeles) : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/religion\/article\/habonim_drors_path_to_engagement\">Habonim Dror &#8216;s Path To Engagement<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Roberto Loiederman, January 24th, 2014<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.440922190201729%; border-style: none; height: 90px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.72353145867679%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; height: 90px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/study.habonimdror.org\/?page_id=46\">MORE STUDY NEWS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb10-69fc7dee30c13-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 class=\"font_2\"><strong><a id=\"reviews\"><\/a>REVIEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Jerry Silverman,\u00a0President\/CEO of Jewish Federations of North America,<\/strong>\u00a0after\u00a0reviewing a draft of the study,\u00a0shared that, &#8220;when he was CEO of the Foundation\u00a0for Jewish Camp, the organization conducted a survey of\u00a0Jewish Federation executives across North America. The FJC discovered\u00a0that more\u00a0sitting Federation executives came from Habonim Dror than from any other\u00a0camp movement.\u00a0It was a strong\u00a0statement to the leadership-building nature of the\u00a0Habonim Dror camp model.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Hasia Diner,\u00a0Professor of American Jewish History at New York University<\/strong>\u00a0commented, &#8220;Habonim taught us to think critically and even as youngsters our\u00a0madrichim (counselors) pushed us to participate in adult-level debates. It is not\u00a0surprising that so many of us became academics, writers, and individuals\u00a0involved professionally in analyzing how the world works. Even among my fellow\u00a0American Jewish historians, an inordinate number come from the ranks of\u00a0Habonim graduates, shaped as we were by intense Movement discussions which\u00a0had no parallels in our ordinary school lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Nigel Savage, Hazon&#8217;s Founder and President<\/strong>, said, &#8220;This is an incredibly\u00a0significant study, because of the length of the time period that is being covered.\u00a0The impact of immersive experiential education is persistent &#8211; it has an impact in\u00a0many cases years and decades after the experience itself. And I see this literally\u00a0on a daily basis &#8211; there are a slew\u00a0of Habonim alumni playing a key role in Hazon\u00a0at both the staff and lay-level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Harold Grinspoon &#8211; Global Jewish philanthropist and founder of JCamp 180 and PJ Library<\/strong> shares, &#8220;The findings of Dr. Cohen\u2019s study come as no surprise to those of us who have been interacting with the Habonim Dror Camp movement for some time. The strengths of the Habonim Dror organization are in the leadership roles that it offers to its youth and that the campers\u2019 responses to these challenges of leadership result in the Jewish values and identification with Israel, often first encountered at camp, lasting long beyond the camp experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Jeremy J. Fingerman, CEO, Foundation for Jewish Camp<\/strong>\u00a0shared,\u00a0\u201cHabonim Dror is continually working to remain a strong, relevant force in the lives of young people and, as this study confirms, clearly these efforts are paying off.\u00a0 The Habonim Dror camping system \u2013 seven overnight camps across North America \u2013 shows vitality, growth, and impact. We are proud to partner with them creating summers that have a powerful effect long after a camper\u2019s last summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>MK Isaac Herzog,\u00a0Newly Elected Chair of the Israeli Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset<\/strong> (Former Minister of Social Welfare)\u00a0said,\u00a0&#8220;Habonim Dror is one of the most successful ventures connecting Jewish youth to Zionism for generations. It is an idealistic movement that identifies with liberal Israeli society, while creating the right formula for cultural Jewish continuity. In building kibbutzim and moshavim, Habonim Dror made an important contribution to carving out the borders of Israel and providing the backbone of Israeli society. Today they continue that effort with their urban kibbutzim and I commend this study of their ongoing success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Ken Bob, President of Ameinu<\/strong> says, &#8220;The results of the study related to identity with Israel, progressive politics and leadership development confirm what I have seen in my own experience. \u00a0In both\u00a0Israel and the American Jewish community, the fingerprints of Habonim Dror are evident in a wide a variety of settings. \u00a0On a personal level, I credit Habonim involvement with contributing to my success in both business and not-for-profit worlds, as well as providing me with the tools of critical thought and analysis. \u00a0I am fortunate that Habonim Dror has become a family affair, with two of our children living in Israel on new Habonim Dror urban kibbutzim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Joel Winograd, Chair of the Habonim Dror Camp Association<\/strong>\u00a0shares,\u00a0&#8220;We are happy to see this study demonstrate the effects Habonim Dror has\u00a0in shaping the next generation of Jews in North America. \u00a0The immersive experience of Jewish camp coupled with our belief in and practice of youth empowerment leads our alumni to aware and engaged lives. HabonimDror alumni actively support their communities both as Jews and as caring human beings. \u00a0Looking at the levels of leadership, community support, and long-term connections among our alumni, we are hopeful about our common future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Julian Renick, Mazkir Habonim Dror Olami<\/strong> offers, &#8220;As someone who knows the Habonim Dror community in both North America and in a number of other countries around the Jewish world, I am not at all surprised at the results of Professor Steven Cohen&#8217;s study. Not surprised and at the same time immensely proud. \u00a0As a graduate of what all of us alumni affectionately will always call &#8220;the movement&#8221;, I have all the anecdotal evidence I could want about just how much Habonim Dror has contributes to the intellectual and emotional development of its members, just how many of us learned the lessons of taking responsibility and taking action in areas we cared about. \u00a0As a previous Central Shaliach of Habonim Dror North America and currently as the Mazkir of World Habonim, I can only wish for our present Chaverim to make the same contribution to Israel and the Jewish People as so many of our Alumni have made in years past. I am confident that given the means to make this happen we in World Habonim via our office in Israel, the Shnat programs we run and crucially the shlichim we provide, will keep our Movement in the forefront of the great endeavor of the Jewish People in the modern era. \u00a0 Alu Vehagshimu!<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Yudie Fishman, Chair Habonim Dror Foundation<\/strong> notes, &#8220;It is gratifying to see that Prof. Cohen\u2019s study concludes that the Habonim Dror Youth Movement has consistently provided an answer to the alienation from Jewish life that is a common experience among Jewish-American youth. \u00a0His application of demographic and statistical methods confirms what multiple generations of\u00a0Habonim Dror\u00a0youth movement members have experienced and continue to experience today. \u00a0It is my hope that the broader Jewish Community will take note and support Habonim Dror and learn from its success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, President Karen J. Rubinstein, Executive Director,\u00a0American Zionist Movement<\/strong> says, &#8220;Even before there was a State of Israel, the Zionist youth movements were the training grounds for leaders, pioneers, and new and aspiring Israelis. Each classical Zionist organization had its ideological youth movement from HaShomer Hatzair and Young Judaea to Betar, Magshimey Herut and B\u2019nei Akiva. In time, other youth organizations, such as NFTY, USY and BBYO joined the youth movement council. The Tzofim, the Israel Scouts, are now at work in the US as well. AZM is proud of the work and effort by our members made toward educating the next generations. A fascinating and revealing study of one of those movements, Habonim Dror, was recently completed by sociologist Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy at HUC-JIR, and Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner and Steven J. Fink, M.A., Senior Methodologist\/Analyst, AVAR Consulting, Inc., Rockville, MD. The findings reflect the deep impact that the Habonim-Dror youth movement has had on a large numbers of its members, and the impact many of them have had and continue to have on the American Jewish community and civil society, as professionals, lay leaders, opinion molders and donors. The study deserves attention not only because of what it says about Habonim, which is fascinating, but also to encourage people to think about the importance of informal youth movements and summer camping experiences. We suggest that you take a look at the findings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUILDING PROGRESSIVE ZIONIST ACTIVISTS Exploring the Impact of Habonim Dror A Study by Steven M. 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