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Specialty Mechinot:
*Alma Pre-army Academy for Female Leadership: The 2018 program year consisted of Alma's
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5 cohort of 34 young women from all over Israel.
*Pre-army Academy for Recent immigrants from the FSU: Located in the Goldstein Youth
Village in Jerusalem, the Harel program caters to young Russian-speaking immigrants, most
who made aliyah as young teenagers, including many who were displaced from eastern
Ukraine.
*Pre-army Academy for Members of the Druze Community: Julis is a mechina for both Jews
and Druze, promoting equality of opportunity between the two populations.
*Pre-army Academy for ultra-Orthodox: In its first cohort in 2017, the haredi mechina had 20
participants (following which 13 enlisted in the IDF) and in 2018 the second cohort consisted
of 33 participants. The program takes place in Tarom, outside Jerusalem.
*Pre-army Academy for Christians: In recent years, more Christian Arabs are choosing to join
the IDF, and this program brings together Jews and Christians for a program which promotes
coexistence and focuses on individual development.

Barak Mechinot – A four-month program in partnership with the "Lone Soldier Center in
Memory of Michael Levine" and the Ministry of Defense, this program prepares lone soldiers
for successful army service and integration. This year there are five cohorts in two locations:
Kiryat Anavim and Kiryat Yearim.

Mechinot Kol Ami: Post-High School Service Learning - Focuses on issues of peoplehood,
Israel engagement, and the bonds between Israelis and the Jewish People abroad; the
participants include both Israelis and – in cooperation with Masa Israel Journey – and young
people from overseas. Kol Ami provides Israeli high school graduates with an opportunity for
Jewish study, volunteerism, and leadership training before they enter the IDF, while overseas
participants are fully immersed in an Israeli environment and increase their leadership skills and
knowledge about Israel and the Jewish world.

Afikim in the Negev - Post army service learning provides post-military service vocational
training and preparation for civilian life, adulthood, and engaged citizenship. The program
addresses the complex situation of newly-released soldiers and provides them with a half-year
of empowerment, reflection and exposure to academic and career options, together with an
exploration of Jewish and Israeli identity.

Mechinot for New IDF Alumni - provides post-military service vocational training and
preparation for civilian life and engaged citizenship. The post-army mechina has 4 locations in
Israel: Mitzpe Ramon, Jerusalem, Arad and Bika'at Kinarot.

Shin-Shinui: Service Year Enrichment - is a Jewish Agency initiative that began in 2012.
Annually, around 2,500 motivated Israelis choose to defer their army service for a year to
volunteer within, and on behalf of, Israeli society, through frameworks organized by a variety of
youth movements and non-profit organizations around the country. In response to an
identified need for more professional training for these young volunteers, including a
theoretical basis for contextualizing their service, The Jewish Agency, in cooperation with the
Avi Chai Foundation, is creating training centers for Israelis in their "Service Year" (shnat
sherut, or shin-shinim), as well as young women in the National Service program and
participants in other large-scale volunteer programs.

Bikat Kinarot

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