More than 200 delegates from throughout the United States and Canada today founded the Habonim Alumni Association at the close of a two day conference here. Meeting at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel, the group — all graduates of Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth — resolved to assist Habonim and to promote and cultivate fellowship and an exchange of ideas among the former members of Habonim and their families.
Banjamin Cohen, of Brooklyn, who was elected president, told the gathering that there are now Habonim Alumni groups in 15 cities in North America, and that there are at least 30,000 graduates of Habonim, which is 30 years old, and its predecessors, Young Poale Zion and Gordonia. It was also announced that a Habonim Alumni Association group was formally established this weekend in Israel, where nearly 2,000 graduates of Habonim live.
Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman, a founder of British Habonim, called on the Habonim alumni to stress Jewish education for their children and to “implant within them the ideals and values of Judaism which have importance for us.” Ambassador Harman was named the group’s first honorary member.
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