Machaneh Na'aleh

I recently interacted with lots of people from Camp Na’aleh. I was very impressed with the outer shell and structure as a whole. It definitely peaked my interest to looking farther into this. The united mindset and diverse population is intriguing. A place to be accepted and encouraged for who you are and what you are in the world has been hard to find. I’m very happy that I got to see this with my own eyes. 

- David

50 Signs You Grew Up At Camp Na'aleh

Here's the ultimate throwback if you grew up at Camp Na'aleh or any Habonim Dror summer camp. Which of these experiences do you remember or wish you were doing right now?

Tweets from Veida Part 2

Tweets from Veida Part 1

Check out the new fundraiser video!

You can contribute to the campaign here:  http://igg.me/at/campnaaleh2013

This year Na'aleh received a generous $25,000 donation, BUT we need to match it! I think anyone who has spent a Summer here can say they've gotten something incredible out of the experience, and now it's time to give back.

As someone who has been going to Na'aleh for eight years, who cares a ton about the place, I think this video totally nails it.  Great job Masha and friends!!

I don’t think the date of east coast mifgash 2014 has been announced yet, if it is something that will happen this year. It usually happens in April or May I think but scheduling is tricky because of other programing like individual camp seminars, and ma’apilim seminars. Right now I think people are getting ready for Vieda/Winter Seminar which I am super psyched for!

summer 2013 part 3 // shabbat

summer 2013 part 2

summer 2013 part 1

This past weekend, all the campers and new people were invited to spend a weekend at Machaneh Na'aleh!  It was called Fall Seminar!  Seminars are exciting parts of the year where we spend a weekend at camp, and we have a full weekend having regular summer Machaneh fun, even though this fall seminar was still technically during the summer.  There will be another seminar we will have in May called Spring Seminar, and everyone should go to that if they can.  But, for now, I'm just telling you that Fall Seminar was an awesome way to end another Machaneh year, and a great way to begin the Jewish New Year!!!!!!!

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MBI Kaf Bet Recap MBI is a five week program  in Israel that brings together sixteen year olds from the seven Habonim Dror North America machanot (camps.) On the trip we built rafts and sailed across the Kinneret, experienced complete silence hiking through the expansive Negev (desert,) and climbed Masada at sunrise. We visited the kibbutzim that our machanot are modeled after, and learned about the chalutzim (pioneers) who built them. We visited Yad Vashem and the Ghetto Fighters' Museum where we learned about the involvement of Dror (the youth movement that later merged with Habonim) in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. We met movement members from Holland, England, Australia, Uruguay, and Brazil on Yom Habo (Habo Day,) and members of Ha'noar Ha'oved (Habonim Dror's sister movement in Israel.)      Our understanding of the country, of each other's machanot, and of the movement we're all part of came together rapidly. The sense of community and cohesiveness throughout the group helped us see Habonim Dror as it extends beyond our individual machanot. Discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on a hill overlooking Jerusalem, interviewing Tel Aviv locals about Israel's current Issues, and discussing Zionism and Actualization with 16 year old Israelis from Ha'noar Ha'oved added context, perspective, and complexity to the conversations we've had growing up in our own machanot in America.     The ceremony where we received our first chultzot (blue movement shirts) was one of the most highly anticipated parts of MBI. We are getting ready to return to our machanot as madatzim (counselors in training) next Summer with new responsibility and leadership in Habonim Dror. The past five weeks have been an incredible, valuable experience that I will never forget.

Hey guys! Sorry that its been such a long time since the last post! I recorded some footage of one of the most recent ken events and edited it together, just to give you a sense of what it looks like when chanichim and madrichim get together during the year.

East Coast Mifgash 2013 (April 5-7, 2013).

East Coast Mifgash is a weekend leadership program for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade aged campers from Mosheva, Na'aleh, and Galil (3 of the 7 Habonim Dror camps in North America.) 

Photographed by Micaela Beigel. 

When I returned from East Coast Mifgash last week I did not think I would end up writing this post (even though I had a lot to say) because I deemed it irrelevant to the purpose of this blog. However, in light of the recently published question regarding Na'aleh's relationship to the six other machanot in North America I have reconsidered. East Coast MIfgash is three day leadership program for post Bogrim, MBI, and Madatz aged campers (kids currently in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades) who attend one of the Habonim Camps on the east coast of the United States. Campers of only the three eldest ages groups from Mosheva (MD), Galil (PA), and Na'aleh (NY) gathered on the site of Camp Galil during the weekend of April 5th. I was one of the eighty odd campers that attended.