Bonim's Shabbat Blogging was left as a draft on the blog. Here is their chance to be published bloggers:
Tikkun Olam
Habonim Dror has begun to take a different direction, reminding ourselves of our roots and values. Tikkun Olam or "healing the world" is core to our movement or to Gilboa. We have begun to reach out and plan what each one of us can contribute and how we can collectively improve our home communities. We also discussed subjects such as the difference between short and long term solutions, symptoms of injustice and the systems that cause them, as well as avenues to social changes such as teach-ins, rallies, protests, etc.
- Elijah
Aliyah Bet
It all started at 1am, when we were woken up by madrichim telling us "wake up, it's time to make Aliyah!" After a few minutes of resisting, we were outside making ID cards for our aliyah. We were led by a rope to "get into Israel", but encountered some obstacles, including getting sprayed by water guns (or the spray of the waves on the boat). We made it safely to the chadar (Israel), where we drank hot chocolate and were told about what was to come next in our journey.
Yitzhak Rabin persuaded us, Bonim and Bogrim, to save the younger kids from "Atlit detention Camp", where they had been caught by the British while trying to get to the chadar, and were being held captive. After rescuing them, we went to the medura pit, sang songs and ate pita in celebration of our success in reaching Israel. In this fun activity, we learned a lot about the difficult journey olim experienced before Israel was established.
- Talia, Mia
Bocoup
On Thursday evening before the end of first session, chanichim were surprised by a visit from Captain Hook and the rest of the Peter Pan crew. It took campers only a few moments to realize it was BoCoup, a machaneh-wide takeover by the Bogrim (the oldest kvutza). These fantasy characters quickly "scared off" the madrichim, after which chanicim were left to save Neverland. Later that night, the lost boys led groups in training for the upcoming battle against Captain Hook. This included a lesson from first mate Smee, that exposed Captain Hook's fear of crocodiles, storms, flooding, etc. and a fun game led by Nana, Wendy's dog.
Wendy taught us a song to help uplift our spirit and make Captain Hook reconsider. Tinkerbell taught campers to "fly" with the assistance of "fairy dust" (aka glitter). The last part of training consisted of Peter Pan's "Hook-fighting-simulator" in which campers had to catch peach rings hung from clothes hangers. In the end, Peter and his crew pushed Captain Hook overboard with the help of the chanichim. This victorious battle was celebrated with ice cream and candy!
- Sarina, Maya T., Omri Livneh
Bonim Chuggim
This summer, Bonim were given the chance to run chuggim (activities) for the whole machaneh. The Bonim got into groups that met, worked hard and planned different activities. The groups were chug philosophy, chug womyn, frisbee and dance. A few days later, when chuggim were run, Bonim explained the suggested activities to the campers, who got to choose which one they wanted to participate in. Philosophy talked about the value of life which was very enlightening. Chug Womyn got a big attendance from Shomrot and up, and they got to share and talk about issues of body image and pressure of society. Chug Frisbee ran a big game, and chug Dance campers learned two new dances, and got to practice them.
- AJ, Noga, Ben H.
Tikkun Olam
Habonim Dror has begun to take a different direction, reminding ourselves of our roots and values. Tikkun Olam or "healing the world" is core to our movement or to Gilboa. We have begun to reach out and plan what each one of us can contribute and how we can collectively improve our home communities. We also discussed subjects such as the difference between short and long term solutions, symptoms of injustice and the systems that cause them, as well as avenues to social changes such as teach-ins, rallies, protests, etc.
- Elijah
Aliyah Bet
It all started at 1am, when we were woken up by madrichim telling us "wake up, it's time to make Aliyah!" After a few minutes of resisting, we were outside making ID cards for our aliyah. We were led by a rope to "get into Israel", but encountered some obstacles, including getting sprayed by water guns (or the spray of the waves on the boat). We made it safely to the chadar (Israel), where we drank hot chocolate and were told about what was to come next in our journey.
Yitzhak Rabin persuaded us, Bonim and Bogrim, to save the younger kids from "Atlit detention Camp", where they had been caught by the British while trying to get to the chadar, and were being held captive. After rescuing them, we went to the medura pit, sang songs and ate pita in celebration of our success in reaching Israel. In this fun activity, we learned a lot about the difficult journey olim experienced before Israel was established.
- Talia, Mia
Bocoup
On Thursday evening before the end of first session, chanichim were surprised by a visit from Captain Hook and the rest of the Peter Pan crew. It took campers only a few moments to realize it was BoCoup, a machaneh-wide takeover by the Bogrim (the oldest kvutza). These fantasy characters quickly "scared off" the madrichim, after which chanicim were left to save Neverland. Later that night, the lost boys led groups in training for the upcoming battle against Captain Hook. This included a lesson from first mate Smee, that exposed Captain Hook's fear of crocodiles, storms, flooding, etc. and a fun game led by Nana, Wendy's dog.
Wendy taught us a song to help uplift our spirit and make Captain Hook reconsider. Tinkerbell taught campers to "fly" with the assistance of "fairy dust" (aka glitter). The last part of training consisted of Peter Pan's "Hook-fighting-simulator" in which campers had to catch peach rings hung from clothes hangers. In the end, Peter and his crew pushed Captain Hook overboard with the help of the chanichim. This victorious battle was celebrated with ice cream and candy!
- Sarina, Maya T., Omri Livneh
Bonim Chuggim
This summer, Bonim were given the chance to run chuggim (activities) for the whole machaneh. The Bonim got into groups that met, worked hard and planned different activities. The groups were chug philosophy, chug womyn, frisbee and dance. A few days later, when chuggim were run, Bonim explained the suggested activities to the campers, who got to choose which one they wanted to participate in. Philosophy talked about the value of life which was very enlightening. Chug Womyn got a big attendance from Shomrot and up, and they got to share and talk about issues of body image and pressure of society. Chug Frisbee ran a big game, and chug Dance campers learned two new dances, and got to practice them.
- AJ, Noga, Ben H.
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