The Haganah Membership Organization was founded after the War of Independence.
The organization included all Haganah members up until its transformation into the IDF. The Haganah Membership Organization consists of thousands of members. The organization has nation-wide branches, primarily in cities.
The organization and its branches conduct a variety of programs to pass on the Haganah legacy and provide information about the organization and its operation to the younger generation.
The organization, aided by the Defense Office, has founded the Haganah Museum at the home of Eliyahu Golomb, the untitled Haganah commander, on 23 Rothschild Boulevard in Tel-Aviv.
Currently, the organization is opening a museum in Juara, near kibbutz Ein-Hashofet, where thousands of Haganah commanders were trained and later on became IDF commanders, generals and Chiefs of Staff for many consecutive years.
The organization operates as a society, and in addition to its branches, includes the Association of Palmach Veterans, Israel War Veterans League, and other organizations. The chairmanship of the organization has 17 members and operates from the Eliyahu Golomb's home, aiming its activities and branches towards fulfilling its objectives.

Organization objectives:
1. Preserve the Haganah legacy and pass it on the future generations.
2. Commemorate, publish and distribute any information about the Haganah organization, its operation and role in the establishment of the State of Israel and the IDF, and to increase the awareness of the Haganah throughout the nation.
3. Prepare information about the Jewish defense in Israel that trained the Jewish military force to protect the Jews, their property and dignity inside and outside of Israel, its illegal immigration operations to bring Jewish refugees from around the world to Israel, and the Jewish settlement in Israel.
4. Encourage the writing of research papers, memoirs and literature on Jewish defense matters and their publishing in print, films and other media.
5. Hold conferences and seminars on the history and topics of the Haganah and encourage studying these topics in educational institutions and youth centers.
6. Establish and develop the Haganah Museum.
7. Preserve, maintain, foster, publish and promote the public and personal volunteering spirit among organization members, and the national security training and society among organization members and the Israeli nation at large.
8. Foster and maintain friendship and comradeship among organization members.
9. Commemorate the Haganah organization and establish a memorial site for members who have died in battles or passed away.
10. Establish, set up and manage a fund that will aid the Haganah Membership Organization's activities ('Echa').

Haganah Membership Organization Award
Every year, the organization holds contests for outstanding high school seniors' final projects on topics pertaining to the history of the Defense Force in general, and the Haganah in particular. The award is given to the winning pupils in an annual award ceremony.

The Organization's national headquarters:
Organization chairmanship - 'Beit Eliyahu Golomb' (Eliyahu Golomb house), 23 Rothschild Boulevard, Tel-Aviv 66882 Telephones: 03-5601605; 03-5661551

The detailed activity of the Haganah Membership Organization is as follows:
Greater Petach Tikvah Branch
The Petach Tikvah organization members may take pride in the Haganah's activity in their hometown since 1921, and in launching as well as initially funding the memorial site for all the war casualties - 'Yad Lebanim' (Est. 1950); they continue to conduct different branch activities. The activity focuses on three areas of interest:
Organizational activity for Haganah members themselves, such as lectures, tours, ceremonies and members' meetings.
Educational activity aiming to pass on information and become familiar with the Haganah history in Petach Tikvah, in collaboration with the municipal schools (Amal Beit, Ben-Gurion High School, Ben-Zvi Junior High School and Rashish Junior High School), which includes lectures, tours, memorial ceremonies, pupils interviewing veterans, grant allocation to pupils who write papers about the Haganah protection and defense in Petach Tikvah, and more. Some of the activity is held in association with the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI).
The commemoration activity is aimed at preserving the memory of the Haganah operations on site, by properly maintaining the city's memorial signs, placing wreaths on all Haganah memorial sites in Petach Tikvah and Rosh-Ha'ayin on Memorial Day, and displaying a museum exhibit of the Haganah armory at the organization's branch office in 'Beit Shapira'.

Organization Branch Office
The branch office is located at the 'Beit Avraham Shapira' (Abraham Shapiro House), 20 Herzel Street, Petach Tikvah.
Regular office day - Tuesday (winter time) 16:00-18:00; (summer time) 17:00-19:00
On-going activity takes place in the office throughout the week.
It also houses an exhibition of illegal armory used at that time by Haganah members in Petach-Tikvah. Branch telephone number: 03-9310085
For advanced booking with branch secretary - Michael Guttmann, Tel: 03-9326373
The retiring branch chairman, Mr. Amir Peretz, was given the title of honorary president.
The new elected chairman is Mordechai Tavor.

Haifa Branch
The branch has two main objectives:
One is to pass on the legacy of the Haganah in general, and the Haganah in Haifa in particular, to pupils and younger generations.
The second one is to organize and encourage Haganah veterans from Haifa to take part in the organization, mainly to fulfill the first objective.
As part of the aim to pass on the legacy, the branch has conducted various advocacy programs such as, an educational project at 'Yad Lebanim' in town; a guided tour 'In the Warriors' Path' with nearly 1000 pupil participants, recognizing the battles fought in Haifa during the War of Independence; commemorating the Haifa casualties with a memoir album and a memorial ceremony; gathering documentations from members, mainly literary remains, and transferring them to the Haganah archive.
A display of armory and publications, and encouraging the writing of dissertations on topics relating to the Haganah in Haifa.
The branch works in association with the municipal institutions in Haifa.
On occasion of celebrating 80 years to the establishment of the Haganah in Haifa, the branch is conducting special events. The branch is reopening the sign up of organization members, awarding them with the 'Haifa Haganah emblem' and an organization membership card.
The branch club has been remodeled, inviting members to come and enjoy it.

Branch publications:
Haganah Battles in Haifa, a second extended edition - 50NIS
'Those Girls...' about the contribution of Haganah women members in Haifa - 40NIS
'Tales of the Haganah in Haifa, a pamphlet for pupils and youth - 5NIS

Jerusalem Branch
The Jerusalem branch has about 300 registered members, 22 of which are secretariat members.
The branch management is developing a pre-planned, on-going activity for organization members such as, lectures on various relevant topics on the national agenda, tours and other events mainly following the sites the Haganah operated in during the years prior to the state's establishment.
The management also deals with passing on the Haganah legacy and its commemoration via lectures and discussions for pupils and soldiers.

The 'Beit Haganah' at 37 Hillel Street in Beit Egron features a memorial room for the casualties who defended Jerusalem during the 1920-1921 riots up to the establishment of Israel.
The branch operates on a voluntary basis only.
The branch is open daily excluding Friday and Saturday, from 10:00 - 13:00.
Chairman - Ephraim Levy Tel: 02- 7086250
Secretary - Shlomo Bukspan Tel: 02-6523452
Friday Culture - Nechama Dror Tel: 02-6798117
Treasurer - Yisrael Tor Tel: 02-6525348
House father - Shlomo Fersher Tel: 02-6522412

Tel-Aviv Branch
On-going branch activity:
* Going up to Tel-Hai on the 11th of Adar together with high school pupils from Tel-Aviv.
* Two ceremonies take place in Tel-Aviv on November 29th, the Haganah Day. One takes place in the morning at Rabin Square, with branch members, high school pupils and youth movement members. The second one is a meeting of members and guests at the Tel-Aviv Museum.
Passing on the Haganah legacy to Junior high and Elementary school pupils in Tel-Aviv by holding special meetings with branch members.
* Several guided tours a year following 'in the warriors' path' throughout the country.
* Meetings and lectures on security and military history topics.
* Publishing a branch newspaper (Editor: Tehila Ofer) twice a year, including information about branch events and publishing articles and photos provided by members.

Books that were published by the branch and can be obtained at the branch office:
* "Every Site has its Memory" (Editor: Tehila Ofer), Tel-Aviv, 1998, 111 pages. The Haganah operation sites in Tel-Aviv.
* Tel-Aviv, Kiryat 'Haganah.' (Editor: Nechemia Brosh), Tel-Aviv, 1998, 62 pages. A brief review of Tel-Aviv as a key element in the national Haganah framework.
* Ben-Zion Nachmias, "Tel-Aviv as a Frontier": The autobiography of Michael Ben-Gal, "Kiryati" regional commander, (Tel-Aviv), 1998, 65 pages. This story brings a historical review of the Haganah and the reciprocation between the Hebrew Tel-Aviv and the Arabs of Jaffa and the neighboring villages.
* Field Unit (Ha'Chish) in the Tel-Aviv region (Chief Editor: Shmuel Aviad) Tel-Aviv, 2001, 369 pages. This elegant edition was written by members about members, and tells the long tale of the activity and atmosphere that ruled in those days. The days of battle for establishing a new state.
* "Anonymity at Hand" (Editor: Chaya Ironi-Avrahami), Tel-Aviv, 1989, 272 pages. The tale of Haganah women members in the years 1921 - 1948.
* Eliyahu Harel, "The City Warriors," , Tel-Aviv, 1998, 316 pages. A research of the Haganah history with an emphasis on the Tel-Aviv Field Units (Chish)

Branch office:
Address: 8 Kaplan St. P.O Box 11268 Tel-Aviv 61112
* Tel: 03-6951169; Fax: 03-6122673 03-6122673;
* E-mail: hillel23@bezeqint.net.il
* Open every Sunday and Thursday between 16:00-18:00 on the 4th floor
* Branch chairman: Mr. Yehuda Arel.
Deputy chairman: Amnon Inbar.