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"Youth rise"
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THE YOUTH RISE WAS A ZIONIST MOVEMENT ESTABLISHED IN GERMANY, WITH THE AIM OF RAISING YOUNG JEWS TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL, AND PREPARING THEM FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK.
THE BACKGROUND TO THE ORGANIZATION
IN 1932 IN GERMANY, JEWISH BOYS WERE DISMISSED FROM THEIR WORK BECAUSE OF BEING JEWISH. THE BOYS TURNED TO RAHA FREEZAR TO HELP THEM FIND A JOB. FOLLOWING THIS FACE, AND THE CUMULATIVE HARDSHIPS OF GERMAN JEWISH YOUTH AS A RESULT OF RISING AND RISING ANTI-SEMITISM, RAHHAR RAISED THE PROPOSAL TO RAISE JEWISH YOUTH FROM GERMANY TO ISRAEL, IN WHICH THEY WOULD RECEIVE NATIONAL EDUCATION. PRIAR TURNED TO VARIOUS CENTRAL FACTORS, SUCH AS THE WORKERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN ISRAEL, THE ZIONIST HISTADRUT IN GERMANY, AND INITIATED, EZRA AND OTHERS, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE. PRIAR DECIDED TO ACT, HOWEVER, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DR. ZIEGFRI, SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING A FIRST GROUP OF 12 WHITE BOYS ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1932. IT WAS THE FIRST GROUP OF YOUTH ALI.
FOLLOWING HITLER'S RISE TO POWER IN GERMANY, THE JEWISH AGENCY WAS REPLACED BY ACCELERATING ACTIVITY TO RAISE JEWS FROM GERMANY TO ISRAEL. ONE OF THE ROUTES EXAMINED WAS RAISING CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT RELATED TO THEIR LIVELIHOODS INSTEAD OF THEIR SEAT IN GERMANY. THE JEWISH AGENCY EXAMINED THREE OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN’S ABSORPTION: INTERNAL, HOUSEHOLD, AND CHILDREN’S FRUIT, WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT PARENTS WOULD PAY THE CHILD’S STAY. THE MOST AVAILABLE OPTION WAS THE ECONOMY. BY JULY 1933, 36 RIGHTEOUS FARMS EXPRESSED 900 YOUTHS, AND SPOKE ABOUT ABSORBING MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN IN LIVE AND IN A CHILD VILLAGE. THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET OF EVERY CHILD PER YEAR WAS VALUED AT 25 NON-J.
IN AUGUST 1933, IN THE 18TH ZIONIST CONGRESS IN PRAGUE, IT WAS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A MINISTRY THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS FROM GERMANY IN ISRAEL. WEIZMANN WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE FACTORY, AND ARTHUR ROPIN WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT THE JEWISH AGENCY. HENRIETTA SADAL WAS ASKED TO CONCENTRATE THE TREATMENT OF YOUTH. AT FIRST SHE REFUSED, BUT AFTER A VISIT TO GERMANY SHE TOOK THE JOB. SHE WAS NICKNAMED "IF THE YOUTH RISE" AND HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON THE IDEOLOGICAL MINDSET AND THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
THE CHALLENGE IN THE PROGRAM WAS NOT ONLY THE APPROVAL OF THE ZIONIST INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MATTER, BUT ALSO A CONVICTION AND EXPLAINING TO THE PARENTS OF THE YOUTHS, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO IMMIGRATE TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY FOR AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE ENTHUSIASM OF YOUNG PEOPLE DESPITE THE LONG WAIT FOR THE RISE.
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION
THE IDEOLOGICAL PURPOSE OF THE YOUTH'S RISE IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT WAS TO RAISE JEWISH YOUTH FROM GERMANY TO HELP THE BUILDING OF THE COUNTRY BY PIONEERING WORK. THE LAND NEEDS TO COME TO GALA, AND THE PEOPLE NEED YOUNG HANDS. THE GOAL WAS TO FULFILL THE VISION OF ZIONISM BY RAISING YOUTH AND SETTLING IN THE COUNTRY. IN THIS WAY, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO GAIN SALVATION TO THE JEWS, THEIR ABSORPTION IN THE LAND, THEIR EXISTENCE AND THEIR LIVES. THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF THE MOVEMENT WAS TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH, TO INTEGRATE IT INTO ISRAELI CULTURE AND TO MAKE IT A PRODUCER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO SOCIETY, CREATING NEW NATION LIFE IN ISRAEL. THIS PLANT WAS DONE IN COOPERATION WITH THE COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT, AND THE EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES WERE ESTABLISHED. THE COOPERATION WITH THE KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT WAS NOT AGREED UPON BY EVERYONE IN THE ZIONIST DIVISION. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REVISIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE "EAST" PROTESTED IT, EACH FOR ITS REASONS IS.
THE MOVEMENT WAS BASED ON THREE PRINCIPLES: WORK, STUDY AND SOCIETY. EACH DAY, 4 TO 5 HOURS AND 4 HOURS WERE TAUGHT. THE REST OF THE TIME WAS DEVOTED TO SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND ONLY A SHORT TIME FOR PERSONAL LEISURE. ACCORDING TO SEDAL, THE WEIGHT OF THE THREE PRINCIPLES IS EQUAL, AND NO ONE OF THEM IS REDUCED.
THE PRINCIPLE OF WORK WAS MAINLY EXPRESSED IN AGRICULTURAL WORK. THEY SAW THIS AS A MEASURE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THE EDUCATORS SAW THE WORK AS AN EDUCATOR AND INFLUENCED THE CHILD’S PRESENCE IN THE GROUP AND THE KIBBUTZ. THE MEMBERS OF THE KIBBUTZ VIEWED THIS AS NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT, AND A WAY TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT IS