1923 Riga, Latvia Beitar Jewish Revisionist Zionist Movement Pin Badge Judaica

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Shipping from Europe with tracking number<br>Betar<br>Betar / Beitar<br>בית"ר<br>‎<br>Named after<br>Joseph Trumpeldor<br>Formation<br>December 23, 1923<br>; 98 years ago<br>Type<br>Jewish Youth Movement<br>Purpose<br>Educational<br>Region served<br>Worldwide<br>Membership<br>21,000<br>general-director)<br>Nerya Meir<br>The<br>Betar Movement<br>(<br>Hebrew<br>:<br>תנועת בית"ר<br>), also spelled<br>Beitar<br>(<br>בית"ר<br>), is a<br>Revisionist Zionist<br>youth movement founded in 1923 in<br>Riga<br>,<br>Latvia<br>, by<br>Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky<br>. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during<br>World War II<br>. After the war and during the settlement of what became<br>Israel<br>, Betar was traditionally linked to the original<br>Herut<br>and then<br>Likud<br>political parties of<br>Jewish<br>pioneers. It was closely affiliated with the pre-Israel Revisionist Zionist paramilitary group<br>Irgun Zevai Leumi<br>. It was one of many right-wing movements and youth groups arising at that time that adopted special salutes and uniforms.<br>[1]<br>Some of the most prominent politicians of Israel were Betarim in their youth, most notably prime ministers<br>Yitzhak Shamir<br>and<br>Menachem Begin<br>, an admirer of Jabotinsky.<br>[2]<br>Today, Betar promotes<br>Jewish leadership<br>on university campuses as well as in local communities.<br>[3]<br>Its history of empowering Jewish youth dates back to before the establishment of the State of Israel. Throughout World War II, Betar was a major source of recruits for both the Jewish regiments that fought the Nazis alongside the British and the Jewish forces that waged an ongoing guerrilla war against the British in Palestine. Across Europe, Betar militias played major roles in independently resisting<br>Nazi<br>forces and their various assaults on Jewish communities.