At an infantry officer course graduation ceremony last Thursday, the mechinot achieved a new record: about one-third of graduates were alumni of the mechinot.

Education as prelude to action: The reader that will harness future mechina graduates to the mission of settling Israel’s periphery.

Local elections are set to take place on October 30. We met with mechina alumni who chose to run for local government in order to take responsibility for the way things are and take action for the sake of residents.

This Yom Kippur was marked differently by every mechina, each one in its own unique way.

With ceremonies, hikes, and team building, the mechinot have begun a new year.

Six alumni who stand out for their work for Israeli society will be honored in a festive ceremony next week.

Five teachers talk about daily work in education, teaching, ethics, and shaping the next generation

Pluralistic Judaism and Jewish Peoplehood projects close out a third year of intercultural encounters.

As part of the agreements underpinning the Development Plan for Northern Israel, KKL provided NIS 30 million for renovations at the 13 mechinot in the north.

The amendment promises equitable budgeting for mechina students with disabilities as of this coming year.

A song, a hike, a final bit of building, a goodbye hug: The mechinot mark the end of a year, each in its own way.

At every mechina where students from Shibolim are mainstreamed, there are mainstreaming coordinators whose job is to make sure the process proceeds in the best way possible. How? Last week they came together for a training day on the topic.

How do you build an alumni community? It’s a question that alumni coordinators at the mechinot tried to answer this year.

Efrat Aharoni, program director of Shibolim, writes about the year that was and the year that will be.

Over the past five years, more and more women have been taking on senior management positions in the world of the mechinot. How did this change happen? With a lot of hard work and an understanding that this is just one small step of many on the way to gender equality.

Fourteen students from 12 mechinot took part in Emda’s second year of training for senior mechina staff.

When the directors of a mechina are a married couple and they have twins the day before the mechina’s first class arrives, it’s definitely a mechina with a family feel.