Hashomer Hatzair

Hashomer Hatzair
השומר הצעיר
Formation1913 (1913)
TypeLabor Zionism, Socialism
Jewish Youth Movement
PurposeEducational
Region served
Worldwide
MembershipYouth
General Secretary (Heb. Mazkir Klali)
Oren Zukiercorn
AffiliationsMapam (1948-1997)
IFM – SEI
Websitewww.hashomer-hatzair.org

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

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