PALESTINE BNEI AKIVA RELIGIOUS ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEMENT

PALESTINE BNEI AKIVA RELIGIOUS ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEMENT ENAMEL BADGE Size: 1 X 1.3 CmBNEI AKIVA (Heb. Children of Akiva), a religious Zionist youth movement, was founded in Jerusalem in 1929 with a philosophy of Torah Ve'avoda - a fusion of Orthodox observance of religious commandments and Zionist pioneering. In 1947 the movement's first kibbutz, Sa'ad, was founded in the northern Negev. Later on, Bnei Akiva alumni established kibbutzim and moshavim throughout the country. Kfar Haro'eh Yeshiva, established in 1940, served as the anchor of a network of Bnei Akiva yeshivot. The movement is also active in other countries, and its World Organization was founded in 1954. Today, Bnei Akiva is sponsored by the National Religious Party (NRP).