Habonim Dror Revenue and Competitors

Habonim is an educational organization for Jewish boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen. It aims to give the rising Jewish generation in America a background for the appreciation of the achievements of the chalutzim in Palestine and inculcate a desire to become responsible agents in the development of Jewish life. Habonim holds up the accomplishments of the chalutzim as the highest in contemporary Jewish life, and the Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine, as the cornerstone of Zionist achievement. Habonim digs out the social values formulated during all ages and by all peoples and uses them to inspire habits of personal conduct as defined by the Laws of Habonim. The Laws are based on those qualities which constitute the ideal of chalutziut. Habonim utilizes the live elements of our national culture, such as the Hebrew language, music, festivals, and folkways, to create an environment that is in harmony with the spirit of the national renaissance. Habonim gives its members reason to be devoted to the idea of national rebirth, and in the process makes them more fit for their role in it. Chalutzim are the vanguard of the Jewish people and, as such, are concerned with the development of its life in all countries. The creation of a conscious Jewish community in the Diaspora is a problem of grave dimensions that interests Palestinian Jewry. The tone of Jewish life in the Diaspora is influenced by modern Palestine. The chalutzim spirit that motivates Habonim calls for an understanding of and participation in the affairs of world-wide Jewry. Chalutzim are workers and, as such, feel bonds of brotherhood with the working masses of the world. Chalutzim are pioneers in the field of social justice and are anxious that new social forms established on the basis of cooperation and free labor become universal. Habonim includes elements upon which a world-view can be constructed. With chalutziut as the central point, and a regard for Jewish and general social conditions as vital portions of its program, Habonim presents to the American Jewish child an organization in which he can acquire a wide cultural background and an array of desirable personal habits and social attitudes. Habonim aims to rear a well-equipped individual prepared for purposeful action in our dynamic world. Tzofiut, or scouting, is the educational method of Habonim. Tzofiut is a game designed to call forth and strengthen the best of character traits and establish the knowledge and skill that contribute to the socialization and growth of the individual. By playing the game of scouting, it is possible to enter the realm of childhood and gradually introduce boys and girls to the more serious affairs of the grown-up world.