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Report from HDNA

Maapilimot Seminar

By Jenna Abrams

Habonim Dror North America just had its final

(Zoom) seminar before the summer, and it was
wildly meaningful for the participants and
tzevet (even on Zoom, unheard of!). We had
conversations about being a North American

Jew in 2021 and how we can be madrichimot
that build proud Jewish communities as a
response to this experience. We talked about

the values that guide our democratic structures
and workshopped improvements we can make
to movement communication and Veida. We

had Israel chuggim, where participants either
discussed the current breakdown of democracy
in Israeli society or antiracism in the context of

Israel. We also engaged in a lot of good old
relationship-building and classic Habonim
silliness via multiple chevratim and lots of Zoom
banter. As ma’apilimot are walking away from

this seminar, we hope that they are continuing
to ask themselves: What does it mean to be a
North American Jew in 2021? What does the