We have been working in the world of mechinot for twenty years and have gained extensive experience in teaching, understanding their spirit, and recognizing the challenges in their lifecycle.

The programs, detailed in the Learning Materials and Enrichment section, are based on the organization’s rich knowledge accumulated over nearly 40 years of activity and are written by rabbis of the organization.

All programs are led exclusively by the rabbis of the organization, who themselves serve as role models of Jewish social leadership, both in their teaching and in their biographies.

In addition, we offer lectures and panels (see the Beit Midrash section).

The tours are designed to enrich and complement theoretical studies. They are built in a modular way, allowing flexibility in planning, and can also stand alone without being tied to the broader curriculum. They are suitable for service-year programs, 12th-grade classes, or specific groups.

The tours expose participants to Israeli people and places often absent from the standard tourist map. They provide a close-up view of conflict zones and areas where central human rights issues are at stake.

Tours are guided entirely by rabbis of the organization who have undergone special training.

Tours may also be combined with panels and meetings (see Beit Midrash section).

Jerusalem, Israel’s capital, reflects nearly all the human rights conflicts and challenges of the country. This series of tours explores Jerusalem’s unique role in the religious-secular divide, Jewish-Arab relations, the center-periphery gap, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and possible peace agreements.

Tours include: East and West Jerusalem, The Old City – a meeting of cultures and religions, West Jerusalem – focusing on protests and freedom of expression, National institutions, Periphery neighborhoods like Musrara and Sheikh Jarrah, The Seam Line, E1 area and more.

The series also offers evening activities, interfaith or cross-denominational panels, meetings with inspiring figures, and more.

This tour focuses on the Bedouin communities of the Negev. Participants meet directly with residents, activists, and public figures.

The day begins in Be’er Sheva’s Old City, the metropolitan center of the region. We then host participants in a Bedouin tent, where discussions cover tradition and renewal, leadership and entrepreneurship, gender equality and feminism. Meetings with activists and residents address challenges in education, as well as “the elephant in the room” – state plans for evacuation and regulation of unrecognized villages.

Life in Israel’s periphery, particularly under the shadow of the Gaza border and its threats. After October 7, this tour includes visits to key sites of the attack and discussions on community resilience.

Participants meet with the organization’s Executive Director, who was in Kibbutz Nirim during the attack and has since returned to live there. Discussions focus on the communities’ struggles with evacuation, the war, their neighbors across the border, faith, and hope.

A study program based on Israel’s Declaration of Independence, presented in the format of a modern Israeli Talmud. Sources are drawn from law, literature, linguistics, and, of course, the Jewish bookshelf in all its layers.

As the Declaration has become increasingly central in Israeli public discourse, it serves as an excellent basis for exploring questions of equality, human rights, and the Jewish character of the State of Israel.

Based on decades of fieldwork with local communities, this program explores effective ways of working with local populations and addresses major issues of social and economic rights, such as housing, food security, and healthcare.

Based on a booklet produced by the organization’s beit midrash after October 7, this program draws from discussions on whether a person can lose their divine image (tzelem Elohim)—and the personal, social, and national implications of that idea.

Lesson plans cover ethics in wartime, avoidance of responsibility (sleep, alcohol), revenge, and the difference between humans and animals.

In contrast to the daily urgent work of the organization’s teams, carried out at all hours in response to Israel’s turbulent reality, the beit midrash offers a space for in-depth, thoughtful engagement with key issues.

It provides members with a safe environment for peer learning and open discussion of complex, sensitive topics. The beit midrash serves as the foundation for our educational materials, such as the In the Image of God program.

• Regularly updating curricula to suit today’s learners.

• Writing study programs on core issues, following the Jewish calendar and holidays.

• Developing and updating educational tours and professional study days.

As part of the organization’s broader collaborations, we maintain connections with Muslim and Christian religious leaders who, like us, see the importance of linking religion and human rights. In these panels, religious leaders present their worldviews and address the dilemmas facing Israeli society.

We are proud to be the only organization in Israel that includes rabbis from all streams of Judaism.

Accordingly, we offer cross-denominational panels where rabbis present their traditions, highlight the differences, and discuss issues from their unique perspectives.