Shnat is where I made the decision to live the rest of my life building a better world as a Shomer.
-Daniel Roth, Shnat 2000-2001
-Daniel Roth, Shnat 2000-2001
The Elements That Make Up Shnat Hachshara
Each of the English speaking Shnat programs (Tzafon and Australia) are made up of 3 of the following overarching chapters. These form the building blocks of the Shnat Hachshara program. Shnat is a living and breathing program. In each chapter participants live, learn and work together in a facilitated process. Every cohort looks different and brings different elements together to form the program. The program coordinators and guides shape these elements for each Shnat cohort anew so that the elements that make up the year reflect the aims of the individuals in the program, the group as a collective and, and to reflect the reality on the ground.
Kibbutz
During the Kibbutz chapter, Shomrim*ot have the opportunity to live, learn and work together with other Shnat participants from across the World Movement in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel in the north of Israel. A large focus of this section of the program is to understand and experience life on the kibbutz and to engage and connect with the history and the living community there. Day to day life during this part of the program include: Working on the kibbutz, eating in the cheder ochel (communal dining hall), peulot based on weekly topics surrounding Hashomer Hatzairs ideology, kibbutz family placements, learning Hebrew, seminars, tiyulim (trips around the country), bringing in guest speakers, and more.
During the Kibbutz chapter, Shomrim*ot have the opportunity to live, learn and work together with other Shnat participants from across the World Movement in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel in the north of Israel. A large focus of this section of the program is to understand and experience life on the kibbutz and to engage and connect with the history and the living community there. Day to day life during this part of the program include: Working on the kibbutz, eating in the cheder ochel (communal dining hall), peulot based on weekly topics surrounding Hashomer Hatzairs ideology, kibbutz family placements, learning Hebrew, seminars, tiyulim (trips around the country), bringing in guest speakers, and more.
Communa
For the Communa chapter, the Shnat group is given the opportunity to live together at the center of Haifa while managing their collective home life autonomously, sharing time, space, budgets, chores, and celebrations, which they build and shape as a group. The two main aspects of this chapter are exploring and learning about the meaning of communal living as Shomrim*ot, while also having a heavy emphasis on volunteering across various sections of Haifa’s multifaceted society. Thic an include work with at-risk youth, coexistence projects, caring for animals and more. The goal here is to experience a model of the urban Shomeric lifestyle in the 21st century; one where the kvutza lives communally and engages in the reality around them through social justice work in a range of areas.
For the Communa chapter, the Shnat group is given the opportunity to live together at the center of Haifa while managing their collective home life autonomously, sharing time, space, budgets, chores, and celebrations, which they build and shape as a group. The two main aspects of this chapter are exploring and learning about the meaning of communal living as Shomrim*ot, while also having a heavy emphasis on volunteering across various sections of Haifa’s multifaceted society. Thic an include work with at-risk youth, coexistence projects, caring for animals and more. The goal here is to experience a model of the urban Shomeric lifestyle in the 21st century; one where the kvutza lives communally and engages in the reality around them through social justice work in a range of areas.
INCUBATOR FOR SOCIAL VENTURES
The incubator for social ventures is a chapter in which the participants will invent their own social project - plan it, organize it and finally make it happen. during the year the participants will have time to prepare and work on their final project that will be fulfilled in the last chapter. during the incubator chapter, the participants will have an opportunity to practice their experience and choose how they want to contribute and act. The project will be fully led by the participants and supported by their madrich*a and the world movement headquarters.
The incubator for social ventures is a chapter in which the participants will invent their own social project - plan it, organize it and finally make it happen. during the year the participants will have time to prepare and work on their final project that will be fulfilled in the last chapter. during the incubator chapter, the participants will have an opportunity to practice their experience and choose how they want to contribute and act. The project will be fully led by the participants and supported by their madrich*a and the world movement headquarters.
