Following his military service, Dagan established a nucleus of religious families that joined the Sa-Nur Jewish community, that was subsequently destroyed in the course of Israel’s 2005 Disengagement Plan. Sa-Nur had originally been established as an artist’s village, and most of its residents were artists who had made Aliyah to Israel from the former Soviet Union. During the Second Intifada, which broke out in 2000 and continued through 2005, the Jewish community grew weaker, losing some of its residents. In response, together with his friend Ariel Perel, Dagan organized and led a group of religious families to come to live in the Jewish community, thereby bolstering the number of residents for many years to come and helping to reinvigorate Sa-Nur. Some of Dagan’s and Perel’s time in Sa-Nur was marked by extremely difficult security conditions, including persistent attacks by gunmen and attempted terrorist attacks.