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The Council of Mechina Students 2.0: Dozens attend first session of 2019–2020
Activism, responsibility, and unity. These are the values that the council chose for this year. At a busy first session, students learned about the different mechinot and the Joint Council of Mechinot, and worked together to come up with a shared project to execute this year
Going out with a bang: After 20 years of partnership, the Joint Council of Mechinot bids farewell to the Avi Chai Foundation
“The men and women of the foundation were true partners who helped us probe, learn, improve our professional capacities and contend with what required improvement, and construct an enthralling and vibrant world of renewal and creativity that is Jewish, socially oriented, and current”, wrote Joint Council CEO Dani Zamir. The complete farewell as it appeared on Facebook
Be’Artzeinu at the Makor Rishon Conference: “There is space in the periphery both for self-actualization and for mission and meaning”
The recent Makor Rishon Conference in Jerusalem was attended by the leaders of Be’Artzeinu, the Mechina Alumni Community-Building Project, with the goal of publicizing the community-building movement led by mechina graduates in the Negev and the Galilee. The project is led by Be’Artzeinu along with KKL as part of KKL–JNF 2040: Moving to the Land of Tomorrow
A historic moment: Launching the Movement of Mechina Alumni in North America
The inauguration of the Movement of Mechina Alumni in North America came on a packed weened at the IAC National Summit in Miami. Joint Council of Mechinot CEO Dani Zamir said: “The Jewish and Israeli community in the United States is in need of involved young people, and mechina alumni studying there are just what the doctor ordered”
“At mechina, I realized that I’m able to develop a life of independence”
The Ministry of Justice held a conference to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. At a roundtable discussion of leadership development among young people with disabilities, Maya Lander, a graduate of Shibolim at Mechinat BINA, talked about her experiences during the mechina year
To Jerusalem on a Trekker: Mechinat Lachish shows how it’s done - even with a physical disability
Shibolim has been working for three years already to make it possible for young people with disabilities to participate in mechina, with all the challenges and adjustments that come with that. A look at a trek by Mechinat Lachish, complete with off-road wheelchairs for those with disabilities
Training Base 1: 27.5% of field unit training graduates are mechina alumni
Who are the IDF’s new officers?
Shibolim grad to IDF Human Resources Directorate commander: This is how I got my dream job
We salute the IDF Human Resources Directorate!
This year in numbers: How many new mechinot opened this year?
We’re starting off the year with some new numbers
Dear Mechina Staff and Students,
The Joint Council of Mechinot (Pre-Military Leadership Academies) wishes you a year of fulfillment, enjoyment, and learning.
Be your best!
Shibolink 2020: A new group of leaders hits the road
A new year begins, and with it new participants in Shibolim and Link 20’s unique joint leadership program. The goal: to improve equality of opportunity and boost awareness of the participation of individuals with disabilities in society
Be’Artzeinu at the 2019 Influencers Conference: “We want the community-building movement in the periphery to go bigtime”
Last month, KKL released Israel 2040, a plan for Israel’s future. Be’Artzeinu is proud to be an integral part of it
From mechina to the periphery: Approximately 80% of members of new communities in the Negev are mechina graduates
Mechina heads came together last week for a seminar about community-building in education. In the coming year, Be’Artzeinu will continue to be a leading force in advancing the cause of community-building in Israel’s social and geographic periphery among mechina alumni
Together at last: An evening for all Shibolim graduates to meet up for the first time
All graduates of Shibolim, a program that helps young people with disabilities attend mechina, finally had an opportunity to meet in person
Educational approaches to gender at the mechinot Joint Council of Mechinot releases instructional pamphlet for mechina staff
The instructional pamphlet addresses educational staff at the mechinot and offers language and tools for addressing matters of sexuality and gender during the mechina year
Joining up: 33 Yachad participants from abroad finish mechina and enter the IDF
Project Manager Gal Karmel sums up another year of program activities at Yachad, the program for non-Israelis at the mechinot
Partnerships in the periphery and community-building for young people: Be’Artzeinu’s year in review
Be’Artzeinu CEO Tali Arnolf sums up the year’s accomplishments
Looking forward: Shibolim completes its third year
Shibolim Program Director Efrat Aharoni sums up a third year of wide-ranging activities
A feat of alumni relations: Over 40 mechinot developed their alumni communities in 2018–2019
Gilad Zilbershtein, alumni coordinator at the Joint Council of Mechinot, sums up the year’s work
Nature shouldn’t be handicapped: Shibolink meets with KKL to improve hiking trail accessibility
It was the beginning of the mechina year when Shibolink first took up the issue. Now the team has met with KKL to explore how they can work together to improve hiking trail accessibility
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