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Camp na aleh habonim dror of north america
Camp Na'aleh (Hebrew: נַעֲלֶה, "Let us go up" or "Let us make aliyah") is one of seven summer camps in North America run by the Labor Zionist youth movement Habonim Dror. Founded in 1932, it is the oldest of Habonim Dror North America's summer camps.
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Camp na aleh
History
Na'aleh was established as Camp Kvutza by the Young Poale Zion Alliance (YPZA) in 1932. That August, 14 YPZA members lived together in a tent in Highland Mills, New York. With the help of Golda Meyerson (who later changed her name to Golda Meir), Camp Kvutza secured a permanent location in Accord, New York, the following summer. The Young Poale Zion Alliance established Habonim as its children's movement in 1935.
After the summer season in 1939 was troubled by issues of access to the swimming hole, it was decided to find a new location for the 1940 summer. A site in Killingworth, Connecticut, was chosen. Later, Camp Kvutza was located near Amenia, New York, for several summers.
Camp Kvutza changed its name to Camp Habonim and moved to Red Hook, New York, in 1953. In 1962, Camp Habonim changed its name to Na'aleh.
Na'aleh relocated to Elizaville, New York, in 1968, where it remained until 1984, when it ceased operations due to low registration and related financial difficulties.
In 1998, Habonim Dror re-opened Na'aleh. For three summers, it used rented facilities in Holmes, New York; then it rented space in Shohola, Pennsylvania. In 2008, Na'aleh moved to a campsite in Sidney, New York, where it operated for 7 summers before the summer of 2015 when it moved to a campsite in Windsor, New York.
Na'aleh today
Na'aleh tries to simulate a kibbutz environment in which chanichim (campers) live according to Habonim Dror ideals such as cooperation, equality, and Jewish and Labor Zionist values. Every day except Shabbat, campers perform avodah (work) to improve the camp, such as picking up trash, cleaning the bathrooms, painting, washing dishes, or making repairs to the buildings.
At Na'aleh, chanichim are taught Hebrew, Jewish and Israeli history, and related subjects.
Na'aleh is closing as of the end of the 2016 season.