by Habonim Dror | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog
Max with the fax Well…March 2020, probably the most significant and memorable of months for all of us. A lot happened in March: a virus has spread across the world effecting thousands, Harvey Weinstein finally saw justice and the Me Too movement had a big win...
by Habonim Dror | Mar 11, 2020 | Shnat
September – November we stayed on kibbutz Yizrael, a predominately South African kibbutz up North near Afula. Kibbutz life was great, the chader ochel provides 3 meals a day, with a wide variety of foods for all 3 meals. My favourite meal was between the lamb...
by Habonim Dror | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog
Purim is a confusing chag. Like many chaggim, it’s when we remember a story from our collective past, and like many other Jewish stories it includes a pretty substantial amount of suffering. But why on Purim, remembering a time when Haman literally wanted “to destroy,...
by Habonim Dror | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog
‘Tit-illation’; Double Standards and the Censorship of the Female Breast I’m sure we’re all familiar with the #FreeTheNipple movement – it’s slogan is often the butt of a joke or the half-baked battle cry of someone trying to mock modern Western feminism’s...
by Habonim Dror | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
Tu bishvat Tu B’Shevat is the Hebrew date specified as the new year for trees. Trees are vital. As the biggest plants on the planet, they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil and give life to the world’s wildlife, providing them with habitats...
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