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unusual facts about Habonim


1985 in Israel

11 June – HaBonim disaster: 22 people, including 19 children, are killed when a train collides into a school bus at a railway crossing near HaBonim.


Camp Gesher

Gesher's logo is Habonim Dror's semel (emblem) which comprises a wheat sheaf in a Star of David, symbolising the roots of the organisation in Labour Zionism and in building the Kibbutz movement.

Eran Ben-Shahar

He attended Habonim Grammar School in town and then boarded the local Ort high school (1984).

Richard Farber

Having been active in Habonim youth movement (1959–1963), Farber attended their summer camp and became an instructor at the Washington D.C. branch.


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