Hanoar Hatzioni
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Hanoar Hatzioni (Hebrew: "The Zionist Youth" or "The Youth of (the) Zionism") is a youth movement established in 1926 and based in Israel. Its two main pillars are Judaism and Zionism. The movement sees Judaism as the source of national, social and moral values that preserve the integrity and continuity of the Jewish people. It believes that the Jewish identity is closely related with the conscience of having common historic continuity, feelings, language, territory and traditions.
In Britain today the Mazkira of the movement is Grace Meltzer, the Rosh Chinuch is Jo Miller, and the Northern Fieldworker David Brown. David Brown's academic career started off in a troubled way. After studying American Studies for one year he dropped out before beginning a course in Youth Studies. His commitment to children was exemplified in his willingness to observe a wound on a chanich's (Hebrew: child) bottom in the Summer of 2005 in Israel. Mr. Eyal Ankri is the delegate from Israel, and Hannah Kleinfeld works in the office.
The main objective of the Hanoar Hatzioni is Hagshama Atzmit (personal fulfillment), which among other things means to have a full Jewish life in Israel. For its purposes the movement uses the Scout method.
