BUILDING THE FUTURE OF GARIN OROT YEHUDA BRINGS MIGDAL HAEMEK TOGETHER DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN MIGDAL HAEMEK. DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE CITY, OROT YEHUDA’S PROGRAMMING Since its establishment in 2011, Orot Yehuda has CONNECTS RESIDENTS TO THEIR grown to 55 member families. In those years, HERITAGE AND EMPOWERS YOUTH AND we have worked together to create educational, ADULTS ALIKE. JOIN US AND BECOME A religious, and social programming that is PART OF MIGDAL HAEMEK’S FUTURE. touching lives, reaching families who need a GET IN TOUCH TO LEARN MORE helping hand, and opening opportunities for the OR TO DONATE TO OROT YEHUDA youth of this small northern city. MIGDAL HAEMEK. As we strive to expand our activities, we need your help to continue empowering the people of Migdal HaEmek.

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25% Garin Torani GROWTH IN ONE YEAR OROT YEHUDA Migdal HaEmek

WWW.GARINOYMH.ORG.IL 9472 [email protected] EMPOWERMENT. HOURS VOLUNTEERED +972-4-6291222 EDUCATION. DERECH HAATZMAUT 13, MIGDAL HAEMEK, PO BOX 972 COMMUNITY. EDUCATION JEWISH EDUCATION PREPARING FOR ’S TOMORROW CONNECTING TO THE LEGACY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Hand-in-hand with local schools, community centers, and the Department of Education, Orot Yehuda is working to ensure that every child in Migdal HaEmek Through Torah classes, study groups, and seminars, has access to enrichment education. Our programs Garin Orot Yehuda provides forums for men, women, cover topics from crafts and nature to Jewish values and and children to grow their connection to their Jewish traditions. heritage. With Torah study that seeks to connect diverse sectors of society, participants are able to explore how their texts, history, and values connect them to the land, the modern State of Israel, and their fellow . OROT YEHUDA WELCOME TO MIGDAL HAEMEK WORKING TOGETHER TO TOUCH LIVES COMMUNITY BUILDING BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FOR GROWTH Overlooking the fertile Jezreel Valley, Migdal HaEmek feels far from the bustle of and . SOCIAL SERVICES Originally built as an absorption camp in 1953, even EXTENDING A HELPING-HAND today about half of its residents are immigrants, coming from all parts of the world to start new lives in Israel. Throughout Israel’s northern and southern regions, towns like Migdal HaEmek often struggle to provide the same infrastructure and opportunities that are available in the center of the country. Teaming up with the city’s youth movements, absorption department, community Garin Orot Yehuda provides a welcoming support centers, and local philanthropic organizations, Garin infrastructure for new families, including new Torani Orot Yehuda is able to offer a broad-reaching Orot Yehuda runs programs ranging from scholarships immigrants. As it expands, this caring community is not grassroots solution. and a no-interest loan fund to family counseling and only helping Migdal HaEmek grow, but also providing

Made up of local families, Orot Yehuda runs immigrant absorption. With both professionals and the manpower and groundwork that enables Orot programming that improves education, empowers those volunteers, Orot Yehuda is able to touch the lives of Yehuda to expand its programming and find new ways in need, and strengthens Jewish heritage among Migdal people in all the diverse populations that make up to enhance quality of life in Migdal HaEmek. HaEmek residents. Migdal HaEmek.