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HeHalutz (lit. The Pioneer) was an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
, which became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth movement
Zionist youth movement

A Zionist youth movement is an organization formed for Jewish children and adolescents for educational, social, and ideology development, including a belief in Jewish nationalism as represented in the State of Israel....
s.

Established by Joseph Trumpeldor
Joseph Trumpeldor

Joseph Trumpeldor , was an early Zionism activist, notable for helping organize the Zion Mule Corps and bringing Jewish immigrants to Palestine....
 in 1918, following World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 the movement spread all over Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, as well as overseas. At its peak between 1930-1935 the movement counted 100,000 adherents, with 16,000 members in hakhsharot (training centers) for the pioneering life in the Land of Israel.








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HeHalutz (lit. The Pioneer) was an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
, which became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth movement
Zionist youth movement

A Zionist youth movement is an organization formed for Jewish children and adolescents for educational, social, and ideology development, including a belief in Jewish nationalism as represented in the State of Israel....
s.

Established by Joseph Trumpeldor
Joseph Trumpeldor

Joseph Trumpeldor , was an early Zionism activist, notable for helping organize the Zion Mule Corps and bringing Jewish immigrants to Palestine....
 in 1918, following World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 the movement spread all over Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, as well as overseas. At its peak between 1930-1935 the movement counted 100,000 adherents, with 16,000 members in hakhsharot (training centers) for the pioneering life in the Land of Israel.

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  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum