HaMahanot HaOlim
| Motto | Dror Ole Ole Naale |
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| Formation | 1926 |
| Type | Jewish Youth Movement |
| Purpose | promoting social equality |
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Membership
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Youth |
| Website | www |
Hamahanot Haolim is the first youth study group with Zionistic and socialistic philosophy to be founded in Israel. Since its inception in 1929, members of Hamahanot Haolim have continually worked to promote a wide range of projects that benefit Israeli society. There are currently over fifty branches throughout Israel and over 7,000 members.
The group’s history began at the Herzliyah Gymnasium School in Tel Aviv. The Herzliyah Gymnasium School, which opened its doors in 1905 in Jaffa and then moved to the Ahuzat Bait neighborhood in 1909, was the first Hebrew high school in the world. At that time, it was common for high school graduates to travel overseas for vacation or continuing education, rather than staying in Israel, where conditions were may have been more difficult. In 1926, a group of 11 high school students, wanted to not only take an active part in establishing the State of Israel, but were interested in instilling the same Zionistic spirit in others. Looking for meaning in their bourgeois life, they formed an afterschool group which focused on realizing Zionistic and social ideologies in Israel. Between the years 1926 and 1930, the group grew, spreading to Jerusalem, Haifa and other areas of Israel. During these years, however, various factions broke off to form or join other youth groups with varying focuses. In 1930 the group joined forces with the Legion of Scouts in Jerusalem, but in 1931 they formally established the national group: Hamahanot Haolim, which is called Model Government in English.
In June 2012, the group was expelled from the International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International "since they did not end their activities in the settlements in occupied Palestine".
Hamahanot Haolim works towards bettering Israeli society by promoting social equality. To do so, it enables and encourages members to become active in projects that benefit Israeli society.
In 1932, Hamahanot Haolim established Kibbutz Beit HaShita in the Harod Valley at the southeastern edge of the eastern part of the Jezreel Valley. Since then, it has established 41 other kibbutzim.
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