Our Mission

We, at the Hannaton Educational Center, engage with issues relevant to Israeli society and to Jewish communities around “We are responsible to lead the full the world. We aspire to generate a new wagon on the Jewish Zionist road” cohort of leaders who are thinkers and creators. Rabbi Yoav Ende, Executive Director

These leaders will serve as change agents for Israeli society and the Jewish People as a result of participating in our diverse programs. Together we wish to contribute to the shaping of our common Jewish future. Our goal is to influence the discourse of Israeli society by promoting values of Jewish pluralism. We strive to stimulate a dynamic connection to for Diaspora Jews.

Affiliated with the Masorti Movement and situated on Kibbutz Hannaton, the Center is a place where experiential, creative, and formal education go hand in hand. We provide a rich connection to for Israelis and Jews from around the world.

Hannaton Educational Center Hannaton

D.N. Hamovil Junction Educational Center Kibbutz Hannaton, Israel 1796000 www.echannaton.org Email: [email protected] Judaism for Our Phone:+972-4-905-9605 Fax: +972-4-905-9606 Generation

“THE OLD SHALL BE RENEWED, AND THE NEW SHALL BE MADE HOLY.” HaRav Kook

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Our Vision

The State of Israel is searching for its soul after decades of fighting for its existence. Israeli society is being pulled in opposing directions, forcing Israelis to feel they have to choose between a democratic state and a state based on Jewish . Today, younger generations of Jews living abroad Age of Mitzvah: We integrate a holistic have a more tenuous connection to the Jewish educational program for thousands State of Israel. of Israeli youth ages 12-13 that reshapes OTO HERE, their Jewish identity through experiential We, at the Hannaton Educational Center, OTHERWISE DELETE BOX activities. believe we possess the tools and the Our Programs capabilities to respond to these challenges. Retreat Center: Retreats are held to On its full-service campus in the Lower Mechina (pre-army) Program: Launched discover new depths to Judaism and to Galilee, the Center engages participants in in 2012, our year-long leadership training, deepen spiritual and Jewish identity. forums of challenging but open dialogue work and study track is the only Mechina Traditional texts are interwoven with and programs that use study and creative in Israel affiliated with the Masorti meditation, yoga, visual arts, prayer and expression to explore the participant’s Movement. The Mechina strives to song. evolving connections to Judaism and to the integrate Jewish pluralism in Israeli society State of Israel. and especially in the IDF. Mechina Tikkun Olam: This summer program students volunteer in the Hannaton provides high school students with the surroundings and have an ongoing opportunity to learn and experience the dialogue with our Arab neighbors in order Jewish mitzvah of repairing the world to create a vibrant momentum in the through text study, volunteering and Galilean community. The Mechina draws reflecting how to integrate Tikkun Olam into students from various backgrounds and their own lives. offers an important opportunity to talented at-risk youth. Environmental Programs: The Center is Our Programs grounded in the connection between / Elul programs: Our learning Judaism, the Galilee and ecology. We • Mechina programs offer in depth and intense approach environmental challenges by lectures and conferences on translating Jewish ideas into Tikkun Olam • Midrasha/ Elul Program contemporary and relevant Jewish topics. and action oriented programs. The program is geared toward Israeli • Age of Mitzva college students. Educational Hospitality: Groups of synagogues, federations, schools and • Tikkun Olam Jewish Leadership Seminars: Students tourists who are traveling the Galilee are and rabbis from all over the world come to welcome to visit us, enjoy lunch and an • Seminars Hannaton to learn and discuss Jewish educational activity on various topics upon identity, Jewish peoplehood and , request. Topics include: Zionist revival, • Retreats examining life in the Diaspora and Jewish meditation, pioneering in the attitudes toward Israel through these Galilee and contemporary Masorti • Educational Hospitality lenses. Judaism.