Students ulpan in the kibbutz Shoval

General information:

The kibbutz Shoval is located in about 20 km to the North from

Be'er-Sheva. The kibbutz has a developed economical and social

infrastructure.

For whom is the program intended?

The ulpan is meant exclusively to training new immigrants from the

CIS, those going to be students of the universities, colleges and the

Technion, aged up to 30.

Program of the studies:

The main goal of the program is to give the students a very high level

of fluency in Hebrew in order to allow them to continue their studies

in Hebrew in the higher education institutions. English studies and

training for the psychometric test are organized as well. Due to this,

the program lasts almost a year. The studies are expected to start in

middle November and to last until middle October of the next year. The

program of the studies is highly intensive, its requirements are very

strong, thus it is only suitable for students having a solid

motivation, those willing to devote all their time to achieving the

highest results in the studies.

Program of the labor:

A student of the ulpan also works in the kibbutz Shoval, either in

agricultural works, at automated industrial metal processing

facilities, or at the silk printing plant.

Residence and finances:

students live in equipped and furnished rooms, 3 people in a room.

They are given a club of their own, and also are allowed to

participate in any cultural event organized in the kibbutz. The

kibbutz provides them with food and laundry services. During the

studies in the ulpan the new immigrants receive an immigration basket

from the Ministry of absorption.

Terms of the program: 16/11/08 -- 16/09/09

Those willing to participate in the program should send a certificate

of secondary education or an equivalent document to Mr. Moshe Ben Ami.

For additional information, contact:

Ulpan Shoval: Moshe Ben Ami

phone 08-9916584, fax 08-9916259

e-mail benamimoshe@shoval.org.il

Ulpan Kibbutz Shoval is an aliyah programme for university graduates under 28 especially tailored for young people to help them further their academic studies and professional integration in Israel.

It is not easy for a young to integrate within a new society, either professionally or socially. The process of integration and absorption involves many aspects, including Israeli specifics for a particular profession, but 1^st   and foremost, acquiring the Hebrew language on an academic level which permits one to further study for the 2^nd and 3^rd degree and to integrate in a specific professional field.  Young people who make aliyah alone without any family support’ can easily get lost in such situations, despite a significant academic and professional knowledge.

The programme supports young specialists and gives them an opportunity to acquire Hebrew at a university level leading to their professional integration, without the obvious concern of earning their everyday living during their 1^st year in Israel, which is so crucial.

Young university graduates who meet the criteria and pass an interview, arrive at Kibbutz Shoval and stay there for 10 months, from November through to September, during which period they study Hebrew for 40 hours per week and sometimes even more, and the remainder of their time is spent working within the Kibbutz framework. A lot of time and effort is devoted to get them acquainted with universities and professional fields, so that by the end of the programme participants leave the Kibbutz with sufficient Hebrew and a clear idea of how and where they continue their studies or start their professional career.

Shoval is the best JAFI programme for new immigrant university graduates which exists for more than 14 years and is financed from the core of the JAFI budget.

Kibbutz Shoval

D.N.Negev 85320

Tel: 972 – 8 – 9916584

Fax: 972 – 8 – 9916259

Moshe Ben-Ami

Student’s Ulpan Director

E mail: benamimoshe@shoval.org.il