Ari Wonsover, Hanoar Hatzioni B’Costa Rica Shavuot is a chag with many traditions and meanings. Although it is more than three thousand years old, there are still messages and values to be extracted from Shavuot. As an educational, Jewish and Zionist tnua, we must understand it, celebrate it and educate about it within our context. […]
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By: Gabo Degen, Romi Morales One of the most recognized symbols of Lag BaOmer’s chag is the “medura” (the campfire) and many are the explanations that arose to understand why. There are those who give it a universal sense and for this reason argue that since fire is an element present in multiple cultures, ours
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By: Leonardo “Coto” Leizerovith I made Aliyah 13 years ago and ever since I always hear the same question about why I made Aliyah and what made me go live in Israel? This is a very difficult question when the answer is not the basic one that usually makes any young person leave their country
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By: Sergio Edelstein Abba Deborah Yahacov Abraham Moshe Haim Diego They marked us They marked a path for us They marked us They marked us with their personal example They remind us They remind us of the objective of their realization They served us on a silver platter The dream of the Jewish People for
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THE CAUSE KEPT TEM ALIVE By: Nina Smolensky, Hanoar Hatzioni México Late 1939, Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto, an era and a decision with many dilemmas that no one imagined would face. 33% of the Jews were forced by German forces to stay in a specific area just for them, known as the infamous Warsaw Ghetto.
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MY THOUGHTS AFTER POLAND AND THE CAPACITY OF JUVENILE ORGANIZATION By: Eli Akerman January 1, 1942. Abba Kovner reads a shocking speech at a tnua meeting calling on Jewish youth to rebel against the Nazi oppressor. “Jewish youth: do not derail. Of the 80,000 Jews of the ‘Jerusalem of Lithuania’ (Vilna), there are only 20,000
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By: Romi Morales The Tanach is full of fascinating tales. Tales about people who, like us, have their weaknesses and strengths. Stories about families and the relationship of our people with other peoples and with God. The Tanach is also full of stories about different types of processes: personal, national, spiritual, moral. Undoubtedly, the Tanaj
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By: Gabriel Shnaider “Land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and grains; land of olive trees and honey.” (Debarim 8:8) Tu BiShvat is a holiday that gives us the opportunity to connect with our environment, evaluate ourselves within the world and reflect on our bond with nature. During the sixteenth century, in Tzfat,
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Matías Altcheh, Hanoar Hatzioni Argentina In the 2nd century BCE, the Seleucid dynasty rules the Land of Israel. This government, which began being respectful of Jewish culture, becomes more and more insistent in its desire to Hellenize the people of Israel. The Seleucids seek to establish Greek culture in the Judean region. The moment of
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By: Ari Wonsover and Gabriel Shnaider “Man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, every man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by responding for his own life; life can only be answered by being
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