He'arah 5: HDOZ Zine (2021)

August 2021

He'arah

‫הערה‬

The H abonim Dror Australia Zine

Welcome to He'arah issue five We're back!

In case you missed us last year, He'arah is the HDOZ Zine.

This year we've got junior and senior chanichimot, bogrimot and alumni countributing. movement which allows youth to educate and be educated, to lead and be led as well as to challenge others and be challenged. a turbulent few months. With all of the uncertainty it's ourselves, our friends, our movement, and our wider Jewish community.

Most importantly, stay hopeful! We are so proud of all the movement has been able to achieve over 2021.

Aleh Ve'Hagshem!

Cover art by Tomer Belkin

NESHER ON SHNAT

We’re writing this at dusk from our Tel Aviv balcony while the rest of our Melbourne family and life is asleep at home.

How cray.

As three gals who have been in Habo pretty much all of our lives, it feels begun the experience that we’ve been thinking about for years. We feel so lucky to have actually left the country in a time when it’s so rare and to have the opportunity to fully embrace and be immersed into the Israeli life and culture going on around us. Even though we’re still quarantining in our apartment, the feelings of independence and freedom that we hoped for have already set in. We can’t wait for the rest of Nesher to get here and to watch our shichvah thrive on a journey we’ve all been working towards and waiting for for so so long.

Lots and lots of love, Layla Light, Lucy Green and Lorri Gunn

MACHANE CHOREF Perth Machane Medura was a crazy, rainy, fun time for the Perth Ken. After COVID posed great doubts for if camp could even happen, the chanichim and madrichim were so grateful to be able to have these 4 days away in the bush (even though masks were were our themed dinners, including 80s aerobics night, a Monsters Inc theme, and an underground cordial speakeasy! The madrichim did a fantastic job dealing with their small tzvatim, and were so thankful for the help of Eyal madatzim who really saved the day. We’re looking forward to seeing our interstates friends and some sunshine on Kayetzet 2021.

Sydney Machane Zahav preparations were going smoothly, and the camp was shaping up to be an amazing experience! It was going COVID and everyone was so excited! All the madrichimot did an amazing job canvassing, be felt across all the chanichimot, with our huge success! However, due to the COVID postpone Machane Zahav to a later date once lockdown ends and restrictions allow.

Despite the disappointing news, we are so excited to have Machane Zahav happen after lockdown, and can’t wait to make it happen :)

Melbourne After a lockdown and uncertainty around whether camp could even happen, the Melbourne Ken was so beyond thrilled to have our Winter Camp! 2021 Machane Choref was called ‘Machane Yekum’ (universe) and just like its name, it was OUT

the warmth of a café d convo. We are so happy and proud that chanichimot got to be back in the crazy and special environment that Habo camps are. Our madatzim, Ogen, (Year 11) were absolutely incredible and absolutely shined on camp! It was also so amazing to have some legendary Nesher and Eyalnicks (Year 12) leading along with our bogrim. Having so many shchavot running camp together was so awesome madrichim! We had an epic tzev mach crew who were made up of a mix

camp was phenomenal! It was such a chilled space and the biggest vibe ever!

Watching chanichimot seriously thriving on camp was the greatest. They had the best time with friends, learning, laughing, doing toranut haha! Eyal also had their seminar on the campsite which was really cool. We are so keen to return back to person and continue the rest of the year!

HOROSCOPES Pisces (Febuary 19 - March 20) Don't let people rain on your parade. Just because you've had 37 nominations for the worst of cinematic under-achievements, doesn't mean you can't pull out a blockbuster hit soon! Or maybe lottery this month.

Aquarius (January 20 - Febuary 18) Stop playing matkot on the beach and follow your dreams. You can cut hair, befriend Phantom and Trust your instincts, you have nothing to lose by following your heart.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) Your mind may seem rather cloudy, but don't let this hinder you. Try bring more magic into your life.

Tell your niece and nephew bedtime stories so that you can own a hotel one day. And guess what, that hotel is for vampires. The more you accept your bizzare feelings, the more likely you are to own a red ferrari.

Sagitarius (November 22 - December 21) Expand your mind to it's furthest reaches, even if everyday seems the same. Keep pursuing Drew people overpower you with emotion. This is not a good time to make a big investment.

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) intuitions, they are almost always right. You're the Aleph male in the BBYO chapter. Now is a good your roommate Judd Apatow.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) lacking this month. Channel your nerves into song and your albums will go double platinum. You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it. Like the Chanukkah song, that is your greatest achievement.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) You control the world. Literally, you get to vote on who wins the Oscars each year. Use your power for good and not evil. Change up your room, but don't forget the laws of feng-shui. It's time to redecorate from the inside out. Call Jennifer Aniston, she misses you.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) don't you watch them all! Including his SNL appearances. Have some fun and be willing to take responsibility for your actions. Ask your crush on a date.

Aries (March 21 - April 19) Try to spend time meditating and clear your head of worries. Forget about gambling for a second and pay attention to your wife. She's beautiful! It's Adele Dazeem! Your hustle is currently at an all

Libra (September 23 - October 22) HOLLYWOOD! You've strayed from your roots and gotten too caught up in your reputation. Go back to basics by reconnecting with old friends. Beware of arrows falling from the sky, your feet are prescious because you need them to walk and you're very close to your goal. A couple more steps and all your dreams will come true - let your feet lead the way.

WITH ADAM SANDLER Virgo (August 23 - September 22) If people start to hassle you today because of your accent pay them no mind. Just tell the haters life so take control. Now is a good time to ask your boss for a raise.

Leo (July 23 - August 23) It's Leo season baby! It's your time to act on your dreams and make them a reality. A pair of cargo shorts, a baggy polo shirt and a baseball cap will help you get on your way. Dad jokes are your friend, but use them wisely because your vibes only 2/5 today.

By Milla Wolman Year 8, Sydney

An invitation to reflect, and reconnect, through music song that you haven't listened to in ages starts playing, bringing forth a whole heap of memories and feelings associated with a past experience? remember who you were with, or what you were doing, or where you were going, or even how you felt? This kind of mental and physical reaction is so powerful that it’s been found to bring forth alertness and awareness in patients with dementia, albeit temporarily, according to a study by Dan Cohen and the Australian Arts and Health Institute. Music has a way of digging out memories you didn’t even know you had, reminding us of past experiences which may have been forgotten; and on where you have been, where you are now, and where you are going.

Use it as an opportunity to reconnect with people you shared those past experiences with but may have lost contact.

By Daniel Van Sluys Erlich

MA'APSEM Even though ma'apsem (our annual federal bogrimot seminar) was moved online

Nesher Tekkes! We said goodbye to our Nesher shnatties.

Veida was great this year, with some resolutions on consensus and KSO.

By Tomer Belkin (shavit)

ART FROM SYDNEY reconnect.

From Melbourne Camp After leading on junior, I felt quite tired But after starting senior I became inspired I’ll be back in melbs Then I’ll be swimming in my tears like Michael Phelps My emotions unstable like IKEA shelves But at least I had fun on Max Engelman (ogen)

I started going to Habo in year 3 After being the in the movement, It has become a part of me The camps are all really fun I never want them to be done Jess (ze'ev)

A Bunch of Haikus Written

by Bogs & Madatzimot provocative, colorful images. You can read a haiku in one breath, and a perhaps experience a sense of sudden enlightenment.

how you are externally but not inside you

Glass water river mirror mirror on the wall

madatzimot I can’t see myself, How can a mirror exist?

If my eyes do not

Mirrors are pretty Much to think about

Maya W

I look in mirror

I’m always angry

madatzimot

Meditate and breathe

Welcome to the web your fears, your raw sense of self for others to like

Who am I inside?

Body of water Water of body

Who I am inside?

By Tal Levin

OF A BETTER WORLD

By Charli Krite (givon)

From Gabe Freund (mekasher) the face one sees in a mirror, or the blue sky on the still surface of a lake, is ‫( השתקפות‬hishtakfut). This comes from the shoresh (root word) of ‫ ש ק פ‬and is related to some other common words you might know like ‫( משקפיים‬mishkafayim) – glasses, or ‫משקפת‬ (mishkefet) – goggles or binoculars. Words with this shoresh almost always relate to the way in which we see things, often in a sense (like in the examples above) of things that make us see better or more clearly.

Another important word that shares this shoresh, and is also best ‫שיקוף‬ community and a movement on a continuous journey of tikkun provide to each other when we are having a hard time seeing the about you tells you that you’re spending too much time on your phone and that you’re not present enough when you’re together.

It is when a close friend or family member calls you out for being when someone tells you that you are a leader and to be mindful of the example you set for others who look up to you. It is when somebody you trust lets you know that your opinion matters to them or that the way you spoke upset them. It is when we hold a mirror up to someone we care about so that they can see things the way that we are is a critical part of what it means to grow, to build trust and show love.

uncomfortable. We don’t always like what we see when we look in or rings of exhaustion under your eyes, or an embarrassing piece of parsley stuck in your teeth – it often takes a good and clear you care about them. ‫התבוננות‬ (hitbonenut) and it comes from the shoresh‫ ב י נ‬. In Hebrew this as individuals or groups to think and contemplate about who interesting to consider other words that share the same shoresh, such as ‫( בינה‬bina) – wisdom, and ‫( תבונה‬tvuna) – understanding, and even ‫מבין‬ to deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. part of what it means to be critical thinkers. As individuals and as a movement, we must make sure to regularly stop and look inward to check ourselves. Am I being true to who I am? Am I expressing how I really feel? Are we acting out the things we say we believe in? Are we holding ourselves to our commitment to moral conduct and the pursuit of justice? Am I treating others according to shivyon for us to lose our way. We become caught up in the circumstances and cheap trends. Hitbonenut is a reminder and an opportunity to always be deepening our understanding of ourselves and our world. To commit anew to that world and our place in it.

Profile: Hannah Szenes

Summary of Szenes’ life

more about her Judaism

agricultural school in Nahalal

studied in a course for wireless operators, and in January 1944 participated in a course for paratroopers. they would be able to commence their true mission and enter Hungary. border to her former motherland only in June of that year.

founded and called Yad Hannah in her memory.

Texts by Szenes may it never end – the sand and the sea, the rustle of the water, the brilliance of the sky, A walk to Caesarea, also commonly known as Eli, Eli written in 1942 hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is Written in her diary extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world even though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the

them. The foundation was a part of my very being, and my consciousness merely reinforced my instinctive beliefs even before I knew their designations, or had the

Blessed is the heart that knows, for honors sake, to stop its beating.

so young to die.

No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, "A voice called and I went.

I went because the voice called.

I went in order not to fall.

But at the crossroads I sealed my ears with the white frost and cried, for what I had lost."

Ehh It's a Tension...

By Yael Grunseit and Kerryn Finn (ra'am) The word tension often brings about negative connotations, being in a tension is something that is seen to be uncomfortable and confusing.

In Habonim Dror the concepts of critical thinking and intentionality are integral to our continuity and progression as a movement. Being in a tension allows us to seriously think about how we want to live our lives what Pesach calls ‘metach hagshama’. Once we fall out of a tension, we stop challenging the world in which we exist in, and therefore stop growing and moving.

A common tension we as members of the youth movement face is identifying as a Left wing Zionist in today’s climate. Nowadays these identities are often at either end of a political spectrum, but we choose to reject this mainstream dichotomy. We are critical of our communities unfaltered support of Israel but also push back on those that condemn the Zionist movement all together. We see Zionism for all it’s complexity, and choose the uncomfortable position of wrestling with it’s tensions.

One who has stopped grappling with such complexity has succumbed grappling with tensions like these are the essence of the movement.

One that is to engage in true hagshama must not unquestioningly believe what the youth movement tells them is right. They must truly engage with it’s hagshama path through discourse with their partners, by challenging one another and coming to a shared understanding. Once one tension is destination, so neither do it’s tensions.

The bright days are here -

‫הערה‬ Edited by: Yael Grunseit. Ella Jacobs, Claudia Galanti, Timnah Olcha & Mich Wolstein Thank you to all who contributed.

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