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Name: Ruben Edelman Date of Aliyah: 23/02/07

Kvutsah: Hulia Location: Netanya

No. of Members: 3

Why Hulia (meaning 'link')? In the big chain that is Habonim Dror,
we are one of the links.

Favourite Socialist / Zionist. Why? Che Guevara – My parents used to tell me stories about him – My
grandmother lived opposite his house in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Would you rather run a marathon or eat a puppy? Run a marathon – I love dogs. I'm 100% sure that I
wouldn't finish the marathon though.

Funniest Movement Moment: I remember one Shabbat on machaneh having a conversation with a
chanich who swore that he could fly. He looked at his watch, said "it's now three o' clock so I need to go
and fly". I tried to explain to him that he couldn't but he wasn't having any of it.

Current Ringtone: Saturno – Babasonicos. Wikipedia tells us that they are an Argentinian Rock band
that has appeared on Ian Brown's (of Stone Roses fame) solo album. They became "one of the banner
groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina of the late 1990's". Enough said.

What are you reading right now? La Guerra de los Chanchos – About the student revolt at the
University of Cordoba under the Argentinean dictatorship.

What music are you listening to right now? Argentinian and Israeli. Our friends Babasónicos get
another mention. The band name refers partly to Sai Baba, the Indian guru, and partly to The Jetsons,
whose Spanish version is called Los Supersónicos!

Food you would rather not eat: All diary products - chocolate etc.

Vision for the new Kibbutz Movement… That it will grow.

Together with Yitzhak Zuckerman, Mordechai
Tennenbaum edited Yediot, the journal of the
YEDIOT Dror movement in the Warsaw ghetto.

• Fourteen bogrim of HDSA enjoyed a very successful bogrim seminar in Israel in January.
• In March we will welcome Habonim Dror Germany to Israel for their madrichim seminar.
• HDUK will be celebrating Israel 60 by bringing their bogrim to Israel in March for their Veida,
bogrim seminar and a pilot tour for their garin aliyah.
• The 'Mifgash', HDNA's bogrim seminar, will be happening in Israel in May.
• The four-day international Habonim Dror machaneh for 16 year olds is happening this summer in
Israel – confirmed attendees include HDNA, HDUK and HD Hungary, with well over 200
participants between them. We are still waiting for confirmation from HDNL, HDSA, Germany,
France and Turkey. There is a possibility that there will even be a three week European
Habo summer tour!!