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EDITORIAL

Shalom everyone,

Debate is an integral part of Habonim Dror – it’s
who we are. If you haven’t been involved in a
heated ideological discussion into the early hours

of the morning you’ve never attended a Veida.
Attempts to reconcile Zionism and Socialism over
a bowl of corn flakes at machaneh is simply a
common occurrence at Habonim Dror machanot
around the world.

And yet, we are not always able to see each other
in order to engage in these vital conversations
about who we are as a movement and where we
are going, especially in these days in the shadow
of the current pandemic.

There are other platforms that the movement
can utilise in order to share opinions and educate
ourselves. New media technologies are a
fantastic way of keeping in touch with each other
but there is another, more traditional form of
communication, that can fulfill the goals of being

a movement in constant debate: It cannot be
underestimated the role newsletters have played
in the history of our movement, and the
important function they still provide.