Habo Summer Camps are a Roaring Success!
Habonim Dror summer camps ended this week and organisers are very pleased with the way the summer turned out for the just under 500 participants. Over 350 were involved this summer from Manchester with the rest coming from Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Oxford.
Habonim Dror runs five different summer camps not including Machaneh Israel (Israel camp) for 16 year olds where there was a strong group of 81 participants.
The camp for 9-11year olds looks at social action and changing the world and had a huge increase from last year showing the increasing popularity of summer camps. 12 year olds went to the Midlands to learn about Revolutions and sisters from Liverpool Sisters Ella and Hadas Farage spoke about their experiences on the same camp this summer. Hadas commented, “I enjoyed the camp lots and I made lots of friends from all over the country. I will definitely go on camp next year.” Ella echoed the words of her sister and said, “The camp was really good and I will be going next year. I learnt about fair trade and the leaders were really fantastic.”
Thirteen year olds went to Wales for the Judaism Machaneh and head of camp and current movement worker Daniel Conn commented, “The camp is going really well. The kids are learning more about Judaism and especially the festivals within the faith, which we have been celebrating on camp.” 14 year olds went off to Ireland for the Zionism Machaneh and Beth Oppenheim, 14 from London, said, “ I had great fun and made lots of new friends from all over the country. I learnt a lot I did not know about Zionism and I am really looking forward to being on winter camp.”
The fifteen year olds went to Holland for Habonim Dror’s renouned Machaneh about the Shoah. Here the attendees are taught about the rise of anti-semitism, the genocide and lessons that should be learnt from the Holocaust. Machaneh Israel had more people than last year and once proved that the programme was above the competition, by having a great balance of education and fun they visited sights that other groups do not.
Outgoing camps organiser Gary Sakol commented, “The first great thing was that the numbers were up this year and we hope to see our figures increasing. The second great thing was that numbers of people from smaller Jewish communities is going up and as a Glasgow boy it pleases me to see people take the same opportunities I had as a kid.”
Habonim Dror winter camps are just around the corner. For more information call 0207 435 9033 and ask for new camps organiser Aimee Cohen.
Habo Camp Attracts Londoners!
This summer saw an increase in number of participants on Habonim Dror summer camps. The camps were run for people aged 9-16 and were a roaring success. This success for Habonim Dror in London has met the targets of the movement for the year, which was to have regular weekly meetings and attract as many people onto camp.
This is partly down to outgoing movement workers Gary Sakol and Anthony Steen, both from Glasgow. Anthony commented, “Gary and I are both from Glasgow and we wanted to give as many people the chance we had. Habonim Dror has been fantastic to us, we have been it the movement for over 30 years, combined! and it gives the chance to meet Jewish people the same age from all over Britain and give us a deep love for Israel.”
Habonim Dror summer camps have a range of different themes based on age group and this year has seen larger numbers from London. Gary commented, “The quality of our programmes is clear due to the fantastic feedback we have had from the camps so far and next year we hope to surpass this total.”
Ethan Schwartz, 16, has just been on Israel Camp (tour) with Habo and commented, “I had a fantastic time, the whole trip was well run and the leaders had a great balance of education and fun. The group worked well together and this is a testimony to the strong group environment Habo promotes.”
Beth Oppenheim, 14, went to Ireland for Habonim Dror’s Zionism camp, Rishonim, and said, “ I had great fun and made lots of new friends from all over the country. I learnt a lot I did not know about Zionism and I am really looking forward to being on winter camp.”
Habonim Dror are gearing up for their winter camp this December. For more information call 0207 435 9033 and ask for new camps organiser Aimee Cohen.
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Habo Camp Attracts Yorkshiremen!
This summer saw a total of 31 participants on Habonim Dror summer camps. The camps were run for people aged 9-16 and were a roaring success. This success for Habonim Dror in Leeds has met the targets of the movement for the year, which was to attract as many people from smaller Jewish communities as possible.
This is partly down to outgoing movement workers Gary Sakol and Anthony Steen, both from Glasgow. Anthony commented, “Gary and I are both from Glasgow and we wanted to give as many people from smaller communities the chance we had. Habonim Dror has been fantastic to us, we have been it the movement for over 30 years, combined! and it gives the chance to meet Jewish people the same age from all over Britain and give us a deep love for Israel.”
Habonim Dror summer camps have a range of different themes based on age group and this year has seen large numbers from Leeds. Gary commented, “In total we had 31 Yorkshiremen on camp which is a great number. The quality of our programmes is clear due to the fantastic feedback we have had from the camps so far and next year we hope to surpass this total.”
Sam Lawrence was on Israel Camp(tour) with Habo this summer and commented, ”The trip was the most unbelievable month and experience if my life. The people were the most amazing people to experience the trip with and it was unfortunate to see it end. The madrichim of programme unbelievable and made us feel like a family for a month.
Max Farber was on Habonim’s youngest camp, efrochim and he said, “I really enjoyed camp and I madelots of new friends. I can’t wait for next year.”
Habonim Dror are gearing up for their winter camp this December. For more information call 0207 435 9033 and ask for new camps organiser Aimee Cohen.
Habo Camp Attracts Liverpudians!
This summer saw a total of 12 participants, double from last year, on Habonim Dror summer camps. The camps were run for people aged 9-16 and were a roaring success. This success for Habonim Dror in Liverpool has met the targets of the movement for the year, which was to have regular weekly meetings and to attract as many people from smaller Jewish communities as possible.
This is partly down to outgoing movement workers Gary Sakol and Anthony Steen, both from Glasgow. Anthony commented, “Gary and I are both from Glasgow and we wanted to give as many people from smaller communities the chance we had. Habonim Dror has been fantastic to us, we have been it the movement for over 30 years, combined! and it gives the chance to meet Jewish people the same age from all over Britain and give us a deep love for Israel.”
Habonim Dror summer camps have a range of different themes based on age group and this year has seen increases in participation from Liverpool. Gary commented, “In total we had 12 liverpudlians on camp which is an increase from last year. The quality of our programmes is clear due to the fantastic feedback we have had from the camps so far.”
Sisters Ella and Hadas Farage spoke about their experiences on the same Habonim Dror camp this summer. Hadas commented, “I enjoyed the camp lots and I made lots of friends from all over the country. I will definitely go on camp next year.” Ella echoed the words of her sister and said, “The camp was really good and I will be going next year. I learnt about fair trade and the leaders were really fantastic.”
Habonim Dror are gearing up for their winter camp this December. For more information call 0207 435 9033 and ask for new camps organiser Aimee Cohen.
