"We'll have what they're having" - Israeli parents insist that they, too, want to attend a Mechinah

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"We'll have what they're having" - Israeli parents insist that they, too, want to attend a Mechinah

"Leshatef Atzmenu" a mechina" for parents

Aug 17, 2022

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Sharon Vardi (L) and Nora Berger (R) [Photo courtesy]

The Mechinah movement in Israel, which we’ve mentioned several times, has existed for decades, but really took off after the assassination of Prime Minster Yitzchak Rabin in 1995. There was a desperate need, leading Israeli educators recognized, to develop programs for kids who had graduated high scho…

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