A youth village ( he, כפר נוער, ''Kfar No'ar'') is a
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of " room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exte ...
model first developed in
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis.
Henrietta Szold
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and
Recha Freier were the pioneers in this sphere, known as
youth aliyah, creating an educational facility that was a cross between a European boarding school and a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
.
History
The first youth village was
Mikve Israel. In the 1940s and 1950s, a
period of mass immigration to Israel, youth villages were an important tool in immigrant absorption. Youth villages were established during this period by the
Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
,
WIZO
The Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO; he, ויצו ') is a volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Diasp ...
, and
Na'amat. After the
establishment of Israel, the
Israeli Ministry of Education took over the administration of these institutions, but not their ownership.
The
Hadassah Neurim Youth Village, founded by Akiva Yishai, was the first vocational school for Youth Aliyah children, who had been offered only agricultural training until then.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, young people from broken or troubled homes were sent to youth villages. Today some of the villages have closed, but many continue to provide an educational framework for immigrant youth. Others have introduced programs for gifted students from underprivileged neighborhoods, exchange programs for overseas high school students and vocational training facilities. Some function as ordinary high schools and accept non-residential students.
In 2007,
Yemin Orde Youth Village, established in the early 1950s on
Mount Carmel
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, had a student population consisting of youngsters from all over the world, including Muslim refugees from
Darfur
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. The village provides a safe haven for destitute children aged 5–19. A youth village patterned after the Israeli model is now being established in
Rwanda
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.
Educational strategy
Residential education is believed to have special value for the two major population targets of Youth Aliyah: immigrant youth and young people from deprived social groups. It creates a strong, influential environment that neutralizes the negative influence of an underprivileged neighborhood, promotes social integration, and provides a broad range of extracurricular activities that may not be available in the home setting.
In 1996, there were 60 youth villages in Israel with a student population of 18,000.
A police studies track was established in 2004 at the Kanot Youth Village, and is now being offered at Nir Ha'emek Youth Village and Hodayot Youth Village. It has been shown that young people with low self-esteem thrive in such programs. Eighteen out of the 20 students at Kanot who studied in the police studies track, which includes criminology, sociology and horseback riding, graduated with a matriculation certificate.
Youth villages in Israel
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Adanim
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Ahava
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Alonei Yitzhak
Alonei Yitzhak ( he, אַלּוֹנֵי יִצְחָק, ''lit.'' Yitzhak Oaks) is a youth village in northern Israel. Located near Binyamina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The vi ...
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Aluma
Aluma ( he, אֲלֻמָּה or , ''lit.'' Sheaf) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the southern coastal plain around three kilometers north-west of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a po ...
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Ayanot
Ayanot ( he, עֲיָנוֹת, ''lit.'' Fountains) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology
The village was named afte ...
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Beit Apple
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Ben Shemen
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Eshel HaNasi
Eshel HaNasi ( he, אֵשֶׁל הַנָּשִׂיא, ''lit.'' Tamarisk of the President) is a youth village in southern Israel. Located between Beersheba and Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In it had a pop ...
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Givat Washington
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Hadassah Neurim
* Hadassim
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HaKfar HaYarok
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Hodayot
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Havat HaNoar HaTzioni (Israel Goldstein Youth Village)
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Kannot
Kannot ( he, כַּנּוֹת, eng. Seedlings) is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology
It is n ...
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Kedma Orthodox Jewish student groups exist at many secular colleges and universities in the diaspora, especially in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
History
At some points in history there were umbrella organization that united Orthodox students ...
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Kfar Batia
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Kfar HaNoar HaDati
Kfar HaNoar HaDati ( he, כפר הנוער הדתי, lit. ''The Religious Youth Village'') is a youth village in northern Israel. Adjacent to Kfar Hassidim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of . ...
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Kfar Silver
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Kiryat Ye'arim
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Magdiel
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Manof
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Meir Shfeya
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Mevo'ot Yam
Mevo'ot Yam ( he, מְבוֹאוֹת יָם, ''lit.'' Sea Gate) is a youth village on the coast of Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Mikhmoret, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. I ...
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Mosenson
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Neve Amiel
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Neve Galim
Neve may refer to:
Companies
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** Neve 8048/Neve 8078, hand-wired analogue mixing consoles manufactured by Neve Electronics
Peo ...
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Neve Hadassah
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Nitzana
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Nitzanim
Nitzanim ( he, נִצָּנִים, ''lit.'' Flower buds) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and Ashdod on the Nitzanim dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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(closed in 1990)
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Ramat Hadassah
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Yohana Jabotinsky
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Yemin Orde
See also
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Hakhshara
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Gar'in
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Kibbutz volunteers
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Kibbutz communal child rearing and collective education
Communal child rearing was the method of education that prevailed in the collective communities in Israel (kibbutz; plural: kibbutzim), until about the end of the 1980s.
Collective education started on the day of birth and went on until adult ...
References
External links
Youth Villages-
The Jewish AgencyIn pictures: Israeli youth village-
BBC News
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