Migdal Ohr ( he, מגדל אור, ''lit.'' Tower of Light) is one of Israel's largest NGO's. The main and additional two residential campuses along with 160 youth clubs provide educational frameworks and social guidance for over 10,000 children and teenagers from underprivileged and dysfunctional homes across Israel every day. Migdal Ohr also runs community social programs, adult education programs, prisoner rehabilitation programs and soup kitchens that prepare 15,000 meals a day.
Migdal Ohr has three residential campuses and 160 youth clubs.
Migdal Ohr was founded by
Israel Prize
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History
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laureate Rabbi
Yitzchak Dovid Grossman
Yitzchak Dovid Grossman ( he, יצחק דוד גרוסמן) (born 15 September 1946 in Jerusalem), also known as the "Disco Rabbi", is the Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek, founder and dean of Migdal Ohr educational institutions, and a member of th ...
in 1972. The school began with 18 students. Since then, over 15,000 youngsters have graduated from the Migdal Ohr, an institution that provides needy and
immigrant
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children with housing, schooling, medical and dental care, clothing, libraries, after school enrichment courses and vocational training.
Overview of Migdal Ohr - The Pride of Israel
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See also
* Education in Israel
The education system in Israel consists of three tiers: primary education (grades 1–6, approximately ages 6–12), middle school (grades 7–9, approximately ages 12–15) and high school (grades 10–12, approximately ages 15–19). Compulsory ...
* Youth village
A youth village ( he, כפר נוער, ''Kfar No'ar'') is a boarding school model first developed in Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. Henrietta Szold and Recha Freier were the pionee ...
References
External links
Migdal Ohr Official website
Youth villages in Israel
Education in Israel
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