Bogrei Habonim uk & ireland

What's new since the last update?

Small change in Annual "Weekend" March 4 & 5
Thursday the play starts at 15.30 and the meeting with the British Ambassdor is at 17.30.

Response has been great.  It's great to see the number of "new faces" joining the regulars for what promises to be one of the best ever.

A truly outstanding programme: - meet with the British Ambassador, join in the  tribute to our Vatikim who participated in Aliya Bet, enjoy a film about your days in Habonim, learn about the thereaputic properties of "Happiness" plus "Schmooze Time" and fun activities with friends - it's all on the schedule while ejoying a relaxing break at the beautiful Blue Bay in Netanya.

It's not to late to register click for here for full details.

Helping chaverim locate old friends is always very satisfying.
It's happened about seven times since we started this web site. We're always ready to help - just keep the queries coming. Details here

The 80th Anniversary Celebration happened - it was a huge success.

More than 450 chaverim were there.  The spirit of the event can best be felt by reading reactions from those who were there - Chanita Rodney expressed the feeling of many in her email. Another is the story that appeared in the Jewish Telegraph with great pictures ( Download JT Report ).

Read the listing of all who registered here. The script of theHakdasha ceremony, which was so well received will be available shortly.

Lot's of good pictures still coming in. 
Due to my being the coordinator of the 80th Anniversay followed by a hectic period of house guests and travelling abroad, there has been no time to work on the photo galleries. However keep the photos and information coming. We'll get back to them shortly.

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.

Good article on the WWII hostels by Asher Tarmon.
It's a reprint from one he wrote for the 25th Anniversary but still very relevant. A number of the hostel "kids" will be at the 80th.
Click here to read

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.

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