Hashomer Hatzair

Hashomer Hatzair (Hebrew: הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, IPA: [haʃoˈmeʁ hatsaˈʔiʁ], The Young Guard) is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 Mandatory Palestine (see Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party).

This article is about the Socialist Zionist youth movement. For Hashomer the armed group, see Hashomer. For the related political party (1946–1948), see Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party.
Hashomer Hatzair
השומר הצעיר‎
Formation1913 (1913)
TypeLabor Zionism
Jewish Youth Movement
PurposeEducational
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
Youth
General Secretary (Heb. Mazkir Klali)
Oren Zukiercorn
AffiliationsIFM – SEI
Websitewww.hashomer-hatzair.org

Hashomer Hatzair, along with HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed of Israel, is a member of the International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International.

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