Habonim celebates 70 years
HABONIM Dror will commemorate 70 years in Australia next month with celebrations planned for Melbourne and Sydney.
HABONIM Dror will commemorate 70 years in Australia next month with celebrations planned for Melbourne and Sydney.
Melbourne‚’s reunion event at the Glen Eira Town Hall on August 7 will feature a show and light supper, while Sydney will be treated to dinner and dancing on August 28 at a yet-to-be-decided venue.
Melbourne organiser Robyn Davis said the event is for people who have attended Habonim anywhere in the world.
“It will be an opportunity for all past members of Habonim to get together, talk, dance, celebrate and talk about their time at Habonim,” she said. “It’s a very special event to signify the role that Habonim [has] played within the Jewish community — it also has demonstrated that it has been a community in itself.”
Head of Sydney’s Parents and Friends of Habonim Peter Royal said the initial venue chosen for the gala reunion is now too small.
“We have been bowled over by the level of response from people,” he said.
He said around 300 people are expected to attend, adding that absolutely anyone who has been involved with Habonim worldwide, including in South Africa and South America are welcome to join the celebration.
“The idea is to try and have anyone who had any association with the movement participate in the Habonim 70th, to have a fun time and to get together, and get to know other people who were in the past movement or in the present movement,” he said.
Royal said it is important for all Jewish children to belong to a youth movement, whether or not it is Habonim.
“The whole idea is synagogues give you a reason for why you’re Jewish, schools teach you the history of the Jewish people and the youth movements teach you how to have fun and be proud to be Jewish.”
Enquiries and bookings: www.hdoz.com/70.
GARETH NARUNSKY
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