Movement Aims and Ideology

As an autonomous Labor Zionist youth movement whose members strive for the concrete expression of its ideals in their own lives and in society, Habonim Dror has the following aims:

• To upbuild the State of Israel as a progressive, egalitarian, cooperative society, at peace with its neighbors; actively involved in a Peace Process with the Palestinian people with the common goal of a just and lasting peace; and as the physical and spiritual center of the Jewish people. To this end, Habonim Dror calls first and foremost for Aliya to communal and collective frameworks that actively work to achieve the aforementioned goal. In addition, HDNA also calls for active involvement in progressive Zionist and Jewish issues in Diaspora communities.

• To strengthen the relationship between North American Jewish youth and Judaism through their involvement in progressive Jewish communities with the purposes of enlisting their participation in the upbuilding of a renewed Jewish culture.  This will be accomplished by the development of individual Jewish identities by means of promoting the exploration of Jewish spirituality, the full expression of the Hebrew language, an understanding of Jewish history and a personal relationship with Israel.

• To participate in the creation of a new social order throughout the world, based on the principles of self-determination, individual freedom, political democracy, and cooperative economics, the equality of all people and the equality of human value.


• To participate in constructive activities in the North American Jewish community while advocating change where necessary to foster Jewish continuity and creativity and the democratization of the community.


• To develop within its members the will to realize their own capabilities and to develop a collectivist attitute to actualize the movement goals though cooperative frameworks (kvutzah).

The pillars of Habonim Dror North America are:

• Cultural Judaism
• Progressive Labor Zionism
• Actualization (Hagshama)
• Social Justice
• Socialism