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BUILDING PROGRESSIVE ZI.ONIST ACTIVISTS<\/span>
\nExploring the Impact of Habonim Dror<\/span><\/h2>\n

A Study by Steven M. Cohen & Steven Fink, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Israel Engagement \u2013 Many Current Olim, Former Olim, and Highly Attached<\/h2>\n

In numerous ways, these Habonim Dror alumni display unusually high engagement with Israel. Most significant are the number who have made aliyah (a total of23%, divided almost evenly between those who remain and those who have returned).\u00a0 The direct link between the Habonim Dror experience and aliyah emerges in the comments of those who actually went on aliyah.<\/p>\n

When asked to provide their thoughts and reflections about their experience with Habonim Dror, aliyah, a significant, life changing decision, was frequently mentioned.\u00a0 Many bogrim believe that the movement played an important role in their decision, as illustrated by the following comments:<\/p>\n

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  • I currently live in Israel, and I highly doubt that I would have even considered making Aliyah without first taking part in Habonim Dror.<\/li>\n
  • Habonim was the seminal experience of my high-school and early college years.\u00a0 While I did not attend workshop, it was due to that [program] model that I went with a friend to a kibbutz ulpan program and subsequently made aliyah.<\/li>\n
  • I went on to make aliyah after college, and my decision to do that was certainly based in my experiences and perception of Israel from Machaneh Galil.<\/li>\n
  • After 4 years as an active ma'apila who took on many leadership roles at machaneh and in the ken, I made aliyah with several members from my workshop kvutza, and currently live in Haifa, Israel with my kvutza.\u00a0 We're still active members of Habonim Dror (in Israel, not in North America) and play a crucial role in the running of Habonim Dror Israel programs, and work in a few sectors of Israeli society as well.<\/li>\n
  • I am currently living in Israel with a kvutza of people I met in Habonim, part of a group of kvutzot who have made aliyah largely because of our growing up in the movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    While close to a quarter made aliyah, almost all the others have not merely traveled to Israel but traveled there numerous times.\u00a0 Table 9 shows the distribution along these lines.<\/p>\n

    Table 9.\u00a0 Israel Visits and Aliyah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    Habonim<\/span><\/span> Activity Levels<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Percent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Now lives in Israel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    12<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Former oleh<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Lived in Israel
    \n<\/span>5+ months, but
    \n<\/span>not as oleh<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n

    		\n

    44<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Visited 2+ times<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    21<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Visited once<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Never in Israel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Total<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    100<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    SOURCE: Habonim<\/span> Dror<\/span> Survey, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Fully 97% have been to Israel, and 85% have been there two times or more (as almost all the current and former olim have been to Israel twice as have the long-term visitors of five months or more).\u00a0 For the New York camper alumni comparison group, just 48% have ever been to Israel, and 29% have been there twice or more \u2013 far lower than among this sample of Habonim Dror alumni.<\/p>\n

    But more impressively, about two thirds of the Habos have lived in Israel for five months or more (44%) or as an oleh (23%).\u00a0 In contrast, in the New York camper sub-segment, just 8% have ever lived in Israel.\u00a0 Most of the sample has at one point lived on a kibbutz, and, of those who made aliyah or lived in Israel five months or more, about 2 out of 3 (64%)have at one point lived on a kibbutz, consistent with the strong educational messaging Habonim Dror imparts.<\/p>\n

    Among the 23% who ever made aliyah, just under half have returned and the remainder (12% of the entire sample) continue to live in Israel today.<\/p>\n

    Of those living in the United States, 56% feel very attached to Israel, slightly more than the 47% who feel likewise among the New York camper comparison group (see Table 10).<\/p>\n

    Table 10.\u00a0 Emotional Attachment to Israel By Current Residence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    \nyou live now?<\/td>\n    		Total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    <\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nOther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Very attached<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Somewhat attached<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Not very attached<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Not at all attached<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Total<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    SOURCE: <\/span>Habonim<\/span> Dror<\/span> Survey, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

    Again, the verbatim comments provide some richness to our findings.\u00a0 About 14 percent of bogrim mentioned the impact of Habonim Dror on learning about Israel and Zionism.\u00a0 Whether these topics were discussed during camp, overnights, or seminars, many bogrim feel a strong attachment to Israel and attribute it to their experience at Habonim Dror.\u00a0 While there is no way to prove this cause-effect relationship, some bogrim believe belonging to Habonim Dror was very influential in learning about Israel and they would not have gained this knowledge anywhere else. \u00a0Some of this sentiment is presented below.<\/p>\n

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    • Habonim has been a strong influence on my Zionist outlook and relationship to Israel and my lifelong study of Hebrew.\u00a0 I have visited\u00a0 Israel many times, worked for three months in a volunteer program during the summer while I was in college, taken Hebrew in college and continued to study once a week with a private tutor for the past 22 years<\/li>\n
    • My attachment and commitment to Israel was deeply influenced by the Habonim experience.<\/li>\n
    • It was my only real exposure to Zionism, both the political and social\/societal dimensions.\u00a0 As such, very important, for a city-born and bred youth with only limited religious connection and not much study of Israel and its history at my synagogue.<\/li>\n
    • It gave me a great social experience and a wonderful grounding in Zionism.<\/li>\n
    • Greatest influence on formation of my Judaism and Zionism<\/li>\n
    • Habonim was my entire life as a teenager.\u00a0 I learned about socialism and Zionism and a deep connection to Israel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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