Bogrei Habonim uk & ireland

What's new since the last update?

Sad News.
As this is been written just got the news that Michael Fox (Z''L) passed away.
Click here to read

Lot's of good pictures coming in.
See "Israel Camps" and "Habomim 1950's Aryeh" - can you identify any of the chaverim?
Under the "Harrietsham" album, Allen Borderly has posted some interesting images from his late father's album of the first Hachshara and the garin that founded Kfar Blum.

80th Anniversary Habonim UK 1929-2009
Make sure your friends know about it    Click for more details

Nice article from Tommy Berman about his days at Hurst Grange.
It brought back many memories of my hachshara days even though I was at the Chava.
Click here to read

New pictures added
Check these Photo Albums - Camps, Scotland, Harrietsham, Habonim Days, Hurst Grange and  Hostels. More are on the way. Why not send yours? See note below.

Has anyone got more photos from the Irish Rambling camp 1950 or the Israel Summer Camp 1956 - if we have enough each can have their own album. This goes for any of the other camps - so send your photos.

Blue Bay Reunion was a great success!
More than 120 chaverim showed up and enjoyed an excellent program. More details shortly with pictures.

In case you missed them the following notes are from the DECEMBER UPDATE

Big News! Send your old pictures direct to this site!.
Everyone is asking how to get their pictures shown on the site. Now it's as simple as sending them as an attachment by email. Click here for details.

The photo galleries are now working properly. New photos have been added.
Click on any gallery from the sidebar menu to view the images. In particular there are over 40 images from IVH Day at Kfar Hanassi last summer as well as some recent ones showing Fay & Yaakov Jackman and members of the Hachasharat Noar at a recent renunion in Raanana.

Some interesting articles from the archives.
This site has two main goals - building a virtual archive for our history and providing a means to keep everyone up-to-date on the activities of Irgun Vatikei Habonim. In keeping with the first, we will add articles from various publications that add to our shared memories.

You can find them listed in the sidebar menu. The first is "The Rise & Fall of The Zig", a wonderful article witten by Norman Appleton (z"l) in 1994. The second is the story of Wellesey Aaron, the founder of Habonim. Others will follow as fast as they can be transcribed. 

Links to Habonim Kiibutzim and related sites.  
Sell the list below. This is just a begining list. More will be added shortly. 

In the works ...
 In coming weeks and month we will be adding a lot more about Habonim UK and our contribution to both Israel and the Anglo Jewish world. Most reading this know about the our past. We are less aware of the fact that it still lives on but in ways that are quite different from our days. 

Yet it all belongs to our shared history. It is a story we can all be proud of having shared. As we approach the 80th Anniversary it is hoped to bring that story up-to-date 

You can help by sharing your thoughts in suggestions, comments or memories. Just starting writing a comment below - it's that easy.

The Wartime Hostels

Download THE WARTIME HABONIM HOSTELS

Irish Habonim - A Short History (pt.1)

This article is reprinted from the April 1998 edition of Kol Vatikei Habonim. It was written by Asher Benson (z"l").

As a chaver of the Dublin Peleg in the period 1948-51, I am taking the liberty of filling in some of the blanks in Asher's story. It will be in a future posting to follow shortly.

In particular I want to recall the names of those very special people who are not mentioned. They were the madrichim and shichvat vatikim who were the heart of Habonim in those exciting days when Israel was reborn. On a personal note they helped lay the foundation for my own personal "Ahavat Zion"

Comments from other Irish Chevra would be most welcome

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IVH Day at Kfar Hanassi great success.

About 35 were expected, more than 120 showed up! This was a special get-together for Irgun Vatikei Habonim to celebrate 60 years of Kfar Hanassi. click for more details

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80th. Anniversary of UK Habonim (1929-2009) is coming up.

Plans are underway for a large anniversary celebration in Israel. The date is September 9, 2009.
Read more details here

From the Archives

In looking for interesting content for this site, I discovered a treasure trove of excellent articles that have appeared in the iton - "Kol Vatikei Habonim". 

In particular there are articles that relate to the unique history experienced by those who were lucky enough to be in the movement in it's hey day of the 40's, 50's and 60's.

Many of you may have read them when they first appeared. Hopefully you'll enjoy reading them again.

For others like me, who were not members of IVH at the time of publication, they bring back wonderful memories.

Here's a link to the first , a wonderful piece that demonstrates brilliantly, in its telling, exactly how the the subject of the article worked.

Enjoy

Photo Gallery Update

You can send your own images directly to any of the galleries. Click here for full details.

Photo Galleries -FYI

Here is a response to an email received today that should be of interest to all

"As I noted on the site, the photo galleries are still not really ready to go. But I didn't want to hold back the site.

I agree with you about the size and focus. It's partially a problem of using a blog platform - the photo gallery has definite limitations.

I spent most of today working out another method to present photos  Will notify all when it's working properly"

Tryin to locate - can you help?

We have a rquest for any information on the current whereabouts of

Shimon Applebaum?

Want to locate someone?

If you cannot find a person listed in our Master Directory use this page.

It's almost easier than writing an email.

Master Directory

This page will lead you to our Master Directory of
ALL former Habonim UK & Ireland.

Important notes before continuing -

• Contacting former friends
  Send us the name of the person you want to reach. An email will be sent to that person indicating you interest in contacting them. They will then contact you. At the same time we will let you know when we have sent the email to them.

  This policy is necessary to protect the privacy of our email list.

• Listing married chaverot
  It the name before marriage is known, it will be listed  with the notation "see under xxxxxxxx (current name)'.
  
  As editor I do not know the maiden names of most of the chaverot listed. It will be updated as fast as you, the reader, send me the information.
  
  
• Missing information or mistakes?
  Same issue - the information will be updated as quickly as received. Everyone knows other former chaverim. Send us their contact information so they can be added. That includes sending your own information if you are not listed!!

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