July 23 Today’s program was about contemporary kibbutzim, and fittingly, it was run on a Kibbutz of our sister youth movement in Israel – Ravid. The program was run by recent graduates of Habonim Dror who have formed an educational organization called HeChalutz. Taking the education we do in Habonim Dror, they offer programs for many youth from all different organizations who are on trips in Israel. The program about contemporary Kibbutz is one of their strongest. Many of the participants on MBI know one or two recent movement members who made Aliyah to an urban kibbutz. This new trend in progressive Zionism, in which young people move to needy areas of Israel and provide positive educational activities and social services for underserved communities, is incredibly interesting and relevant. For those of you who have been following the Social Protests in Israel over the past year, these urban kibbutzim have been heavily involved in promoting the social justice agenda of those protests.