Romi Morales Throughout my years as an educator, this date seemed somewhat distant to me. I was privileged to be born in a city where I never felt discriminated against for being Jewish, I grew up in a country where peace reigned and where the reason for my aliyah was the deep desire to live […]
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Words of Arturo Gorbach, Hanoar Hatzioni Mexico’s chaver at the ceremony in his Masa le Polin, in front of what was a Hanoar Hatzioni Ken in Tikocyn, Poland. In the absolute silence I felt while touring the concentration camps of Birkenau, Auschwitz and Majdanek, the only thing I could hear was my head asking itself:
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Hello everyone! Pesach sameach! My name is Ilana, I’m 18 years old and I’m a bogueret from Hanoar Hatzioni in Uruguay. I would like to share a few words about the chag. As we all know, on Pesach, we celebrate the liberation of our people from Miztraim after years of slavery. Moshe, being chosen by
Romi Morales As is well known, the holiday of Pesach has 4 names. In this article, I would like to share a brief summary of the meanings traditionally given to them and some others that they acquire in light of the challenges that Israel faces in recent times. Chag HaCherut. The holiday of freedom. On
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By: Mato Wexler Purim is perhaps the most joyful holiday in the Jewish calendar, in Israel and in the world, Jews dress up in costumes, fill cities, communities and kenim with colors. These are days of celebration and above all joy. In Israel people go dressed up to their workplace, there are parades in the
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Alex Bitterman, Europe & North America Department Director “Then you shall succeed if you observantly carry out the laws and the rules that Hashem charged Moses to lay upon Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid or dismayed.” – Chronicles I, 22:13 With these words, King David commands his son and
By: Romi Morales Two of the central values with which we relate the holiday of Pesach are freedom and leadership, concepts that managed to transcend the relevance of the particular moment and context in which they arise, to perpetuate in time as two great mandates that invite us, from these lenses, to look at the
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HANUKKAH LESSONS FOR MADRICHIM AND MADRICHOT. By: Romi Morales Any normative person would answer “no” to the question we have posed in the title. With some reason, we could say that, if we are already going to go out to fight (that is, we are going to put the body, mind, heart, time, our destiny
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Sarit Mizrahi Dabbah, chavera of Hanoar Hatzioní, Ken Hagshama, CDMX. “Remember and not forget” is something we have always been told when we commemorate the Shoah. Remember the victims, the dehumanization, the death of millions and millions of people. Remember and appreciate what you have, because in the blink of an eye everything can disappear…
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By: Gabriel Degen Hanoar Hatzioni has always believed that Jewish, Zionist, humanist and pluralistic education embodies the goal of “Hagshama” (“fulfillment”). This notion exhibits a focus on three major circles of identity; the personal, the national and global identity. To practice this philosophy, a person must invest in the following elements: To accept the commitment
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