Ideology
Habonim Dror is a Jewish Socialist-Zionist cultural youth movement, which exists to educate and bring Jewish culture to its members, both within Israeli society and in other parts of the world where young Jews live. One of the main concepts of the movement's ideology is that of tikkun olam, a Hebrew phrase that means "mending the world" which originated in the early rabbinic period of Judaism. The Movement ideology falls into different categories. They are Hagshama Atzmit (Self-realisation), Socialism/Social Justice, Zionism, Judaism and Chalutziut (Pioneering). These categories are not independent ideologies, each platform helps to integrate one of them with the others. Every chaver/a (member) embodies the spirit of Habonim Dror, based on their shared experiences and values gained in the movement. Habonim Dror's ideology is an attempt to represent that spirit in words.
The expression of these ideals involves various kinds of meetings and especially in outdoor activities including scouting, camping, rambling, map reading as well as the teaching of a good knowledge of the geography and history of Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel). Jewish history is also given attention, as are songs and dances taken from the pioneer days of the present State. The socialist ideal extends to the kibbutz, some of which were founded by Habonim Dror members.
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