Hadassah Neurim ( he, הדסה נעורים) is a
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 ...
in central
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located on the coast to the north of
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Hefer Valley Regional Council
The Hefer Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק חפר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Hefer'') is a regional council in the Hefer Valley region of the Sharon plain in central Israel. It is named after an administrative district in ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established in 1948.
[Youth Villages]
Jewish Agency The village runs specialist programmes for children with special needs and children with sporting abilities.
During summers, when the students go home, the village is used by various youth groups to host summer camps. The village was also the location of the Basis art school between 2004 and 2013.
References
{{Hefer Valley Regional Council
Youth villages in Israel
Populated places established in 1948
1948 establishments in Israel
Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America