Where, When, and what
"For the first time I was surrounded by people who came from all over the world, who had Hashomer youth movement culture and Israel as a shared core value."
- Gilad Abarbanel (USA), Shnat 2013-2014
Year Plan:
September 12th to May 17th, 2017
Kibbutz Ein Dor: A learning community - September 12th - December 8th, 2017
Communa - Collective Life, Social Action and Ulpan - December 8th - May 17th , 2017
Communa א "Coexistence & Leadership" ---- Communa ב "Israeli Society & Hagshama"
Choosing your morning focus:
Maslul Ulpan : 5 months of Intensive Ulpan in a State institute: 5 days a week from 8:00 to 13:00
Maslul Social Action: Volunteer in local schools bringing shomeric chinuch to teaching English and sharing your culture
September 12th to May 17th, 2017
Kibbutz Ein Dor: A learning community - September 12th - December 8th, 2017
- Living and working on Kibbutz
- Exploring a new topic every week
(Humanistic Judaism, Zionism, the Middle-East and the Israeli-Arab Conflict, Social Change, Chinuch, Economics, Sustainability...) - Hebrew Language Learning twice a week
- Tours around Israel and Tyulim in the nature
- Educational project in nearby Arab village and or partnership in building a new Ken in Afula
Communa - Collective Life, Social Action and Ulpan - December 8th - May 17th , 2017
Communa א "Coexistence & Leadership" ---- Communa ב "Israeli Society & Hagshama"
- Living and settling for 6 months in Haifa
- Living communally
The first two months with Spanish speaking Shomrim and then building the intimate "Shnat Tsafon" kvutza - 6 months of social work with non-profit organizations to have a real impact
- Leadership and Mediation skills workshops
- Personal Projects building workshops: Hagshama and Leadership in action
- Meeting with local "Change Makers" on a weekly basis
- Day trips and "mini machanot" of a few days all over Israel discovering an Israeli reality and community
Choosing your morning focus:
Maslul Ulpan : 5 months of Intensive Ulpan in a State institute: 5 days a week from 8:00 to 13:00
Maslul Social Action: Volunteer in local schools bringing shomeric chinuch to teaching English and sharing your culture
Year Highlights Include...
- Masa L'Polin - 7 day historic and educational journey to Poland
- Tiyul Channukah - 5 day hike in the desert with members of Hashomer Hatzair Israel
- Seminars - Partnering with Meretz, J Street, Bina, Pardes...
- Volunteering in social organizations in Israel which may include: community centers of Hashomer Hatzair, Arab-Jewish co-existence projects, centers for youth at risk, and more...
- Meet people from all over Israel including Kibbutzniks, foreign workers, activists, Palestinian-Israelis, alternative communities builders, and many others...
- Trips around Israel including hikes in the desert, seeing ancient ruins, and visiting many of the unique and wonderful cities and towns throughout the country
- The year program ends with a 1 week-long closing process of conclusion, hagshama and planning the future...