A youth village (Hebrew: כפר נוער, Kfar No'ar) is a boarding school model first developed in pre-state Israel in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Henrietta Szold 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. Henrietta Szold ( December 21, 1860 &ndash February 13, 1945) was a U Recha Freier (born October 29 1892 in Norden, Ostfriesland; died April 2 1984 in Jerusalem) founded the The Youth Aliyah (Hebrew Aliyat Hano'ar) is a Jewish organization that rescued 22000 Jewish children from the Nazis during the Third Reich, A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in
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History
The first youth village was Mikve Israel. Mikveh Israel (מקוה ישראל "Hope of Israel" was the first Jewish Agricultural school in Palestine. In the 1940s and 50s, a period of mass immigration to Israel, youth villages were an important tool in immigrant absorption. Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) Youth villages were established during this period by the Jewish Agency, WIZO, and Na'amat. The Jewish Agency for Israel (Hebrew הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) also known as the Sochnut or JAFI Na'amat (נעמת an acronym for Nashim Ovdot veMitnadavot (נשים עובדות ומתנדבות lit After the establishment of Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Education took over the administration of these institutions, but not their ownership. The Israeli Declaration of Independence (הכרזת העצמאות Hakhrazat HaAtzma'ut or מגילת העצמאות Megilat HaAtzma'ut) made on 14 May
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. [1]
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 Mt. Carmel, had a student population consisting of youngsters from all over the world, including Muslim refugees from Darfur. Mount Carmel (הר הכרמל Karem El/Har Ha'Karmel; Arabic Kurmul/Jabal Mar Elyas) is a coastal Mountain range in northern Israel Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. 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. The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the [2]
Educational strategy
Residential schooling is believed to have special value for the two major population targest 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. [3]
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. [4]
There are 60 youth villages in Israel today, with a student population of 18,000. [5]
Youth villages in Israel
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References
- ^ A Letter to a Friend, No. Ayanot (עיינות lit Fountains) is a Youth village in central Israel. Eshel HaNasi (אֵשֶׁל הַנָּשִׂיא lit Tamarisk of the President is a communal settlement and Youth village in southern HaKfar HaYarok (הכפר הירוק lit "The Green Village" is a Youth village in Israel, located at the south of Ramat HaSharon. Hodayot (הודיות is a religious boys school and Youth village in the Lower Galilee, Israel, founded in May 1950 Kannot (כנות is an educational institution and Youth village in central Israel. Kedma (קדמה is a Youth village in the Shephelah area of south-central Israel. 22, April 1986, edited by Nadine Caspi, Youth Aliyah, The Jewish Agency for Israel
- ^ Raffi Berg. "Israeli village brings hope for 'lost' youth", BBC News, 28 September 2007. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ A Letter to a Friend, No. 21, December 1985, Youth Aliyah, The Jewish Agency for Israel
- ^ Troubled high-schoolers realizing potential as policemen http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/950641.html
- ^ Israeli youth villages raise kids from troubled homes http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/3046/edition_id/53/format/html/displaystory.html
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