Since Israel’s pre-state days,

Youth Aliyah has provided

successful intervention for

thousands of Israeli children

and has generated unique

remedial models that have

been widely adapted by

schools around the world.

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Youth Aliyah
Youth Aliyah
What began as a rescue operation to save Jewish
children from Nazi Germany has evolved into a highly
effective network that is transforming the lives of
Israel’s youth at-risk. During its 70 years of activity,
Youth Aliyah has served over 350,000 children and
youth, including many new immigrants from the former
Soviet Union and Ethiopia.
The social and educational intervention provided at
Youth Aliyah Villages enables youngsters to cope with
integration difficulties, to break the cycle of poverty
and to become contributing members of Israeli society.
Youth Aliyah’s multi-pronged approach includes:
a remedial junior high school program to close
educational gaps and to help mainstream children into
normative high school frameworks; individually tailored
interventions and intensive tutoring; therapeutic and
psychological counseling, and extracurricular activities
that maximize and reinforce positive behavioral models, Transforming
Risk
such as sports, art and animal care.
The Youth Aliyah family of villages is home to almost
1,100 children and includes: Ben Yakir, Hadassah Neurim,
Kiryat Yearim, Ramat Hadassah Szold and Nitzana into Opportunity
Educational Community.
The rise in the number of children
Nearly 90 percent of Youth Aliyah graduates attend and youth at-risk constitutes one of
regular high schools and 85 percent are accepted to the
Israel’s most serious social problems.
Israel Defense Forces. Youth Aliyah Villages also work
closely with students’ families and community support The Jewish Agency’s five Youth Aliyah
systems, with the aim of integrating the students back
Villages provide a safe, normative
into their home communities. Youth Aliyah is ensuring
that thousands of marginalized youth receive the support environment where children receive
they need to ultimately take their place in Israeli society.
both the academic and emotional
intervention to heal and flourish.